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
Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.
One has no friend who has many friends.
Friendship is communion.
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.
When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.
Between friends there is no need of justice.
A friend is a second self.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
A friend is another I.
He who hath many friends hath none.
When Pleasure is at the bar the jury is not impartial.
We are better able to study our neighbors than ourselves, and their actions than our own.