1,638 Quotes by Aristotle

The secret to humor is surprise.

With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible.

Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Happiness is activity of soul.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.