"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.












More Aristotle quotes
"It is a part of probability that many improbabilities will happen.
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
"Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.
"Hope is a waking dream.
"Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
"Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
"Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
"Hence a young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life, but its discussi...
"The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. If Eudaimonia, or happi...
"The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23