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Aristotle Quotes

«Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know»
«It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.»
«Tragedy is thus a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in itself and of some amplitude... by means of pity and fear bringing about the purgation of such emotions.»
«They should rule who are able to rule best.»
«Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.»
«A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange...Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.»
«Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.»
«All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.»
«The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.»
«The most perfect political community must be amongst those who are in the middle rank, and those states are best instituted wherein these are a larger and more respectable part, if possible, than both the other; or, if that cannot be, at least than either of them separate.»

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