Aristotle

And by this very difference tragedy stands apart in relation to comedy, for the latter intends to imitate those who are worse, and the former better, than people are now.

Aristotle

And if a man believes nothing, but believes it equally so and not so, how would his state be different from a vegetable’s?

Aristotle

And it is a characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the like, and the association of living beings who have this sense makes family and a state.

Aristotle

And it will often happen that a man with wealth in the form of coined money will not have enough to eat; and what a ridiculous kind of wealth is that which even in abundance will not save you from dying with hunger!

Aristotle

And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart.

Aristotle

And this lies in the nature of things: What people are potentially is revealed in actuality by what they produce.

Aristotle

And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention.

Aristotle

Passion seems not to be amenable to reason, but only to force.

Aristotle

Anger is a gift.

Aristotle

Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.

Aristotle