Aristotle True Quotations

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided.

The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth. Hence the man who makes a good guess at truth is likely to make a good guess at probabilities.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.

Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of the democracy; measures therefore should be taken which will give them lasting prosperity; and as this is equally the interest of all classes, the proceeds of the public revenues should be accumulated and distributed among its poor, if possible, in such quantities as may enable them to purchase a little farm, or, at any rate, make a beginning in trade or husbandry.

The true nature of anything is what it becomes at its highest.

The true nature of a thing is the highest it can become.

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

A true friend is one soul divided into two people.

The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

All men seek one goal : success or happiness. The only way to achieve true success is to express yourself completely in service to society. First, have a definite, clear, practical ideal-a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achie