Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven. His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.
He who hath many friends hath none.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
I guess the kid had everything but the luck.
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
The more you own, the more you know you don't own.
Find a priest who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin.
After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.
Wealth comes from knowing what others do not know.