Aristotle's famous sayings

1. Long-term inactivity is the most debilitating and devastating.

2. The purpose of labor is to obtain leisure.

3. In education, practice must precede theory, and physical training must precede intellectual training.

4. The ultimate value of life lies in the ability to awaken and think, not just to survive.

5. Education is cheap defense.

6. Education should be regulated by law and should be a matter of the State.

7. It is a duty to be humble to the superior; to be kind to the humility of the generation; to be humble to the lower level; to be humble to all.

8. People think that I am the smartest, but I know what I don't know.

9. Goodness is commendable, noble and praiseworthy.

10. If evil is completely unbearable, it will also die.

11. Evil events are caused by evil.

12. There is only one way for people to be good, and there are many ways to do evil.

13. Smart people always agree with other smart people; fools often don't agree with smart people or idiots. Similarly, the line always matches the line; the curves do not match each other, and they do not coincide with the line.

14. Beauty is a kind of good, and it causes pleasure, just because it is good.

15. Morality can be divided into two types: one is the virtue of wisdom, and the other is the virtue of behavior. The former is derived from learning, and the latter is derived from practice.

16. A person who is indulgent and unrestrained will become a debauchery; a person like a countryman who avoids all happiness will become a numb person.

17. Memory is the mother of wisdom.

18. In education, practice must precede theory, and physical training must precede intellectual training.

19. Beauty is a kind of good, and it causes pleasure because it is good.

20. Beauty is a gift from God.

21. There are many kinds of errors, but only one is correct. This is why failure is easy to succeed and it is difficult to get off target.

22. A person faces a legitimate thing, from a legitimate moment, and feels confident under such conditions, he is a brave person.

23. Education should be regulated by law and should be a matter of the State.

24. Emotions are all kinds of feelings: they change people, influence people's judgments, and are accompanied by feelings of pleasure and pain. Such emotions have anger, compassion, fear, etc. and the emotions corresponding to them.

25. Emotion is a prerequisite for friendship, but you cannot confuse the two.

26. There are three kinds of knowledge that humans need: theory, practicality, and identification.

27. Someone asked: Is it good to write a good poem by genius? Or by art? My opinion is: hard learning without rich genius, genius without training, all useless; the two should be mutually useful, Combine with each other.

28. The ultimate value of life lies in the ability to awaken and think, not just to survive.

29. Human beings are born to be social animals.

30. Serious people imitate the actions of noble people, and frivolous people imitate the actions of despicable people.

31. The bad guys obey because of fear, and the good men obey because of love.

32. Indulgence of one's own desires is the greatest scourge; talking about the privacy of others is the greatest evil; I don't know that my fault is the biggest illness.

33. Man, at the most perfect time, is a leader in animals, but when he is separated from law and justice, he is the worst thing in animals. ... He is the most sacred and most savage in animals.

34. The accuracy of language is the basis of good style.

35. The most clear style is formed by ordinary language.

36. True virtues must not have practical wisdom, and practical wisdom cannot be without virtue.

37. Morality can be divided into two types: one is the virtue of wisdom, and the other is the virtue of behavior. The former is derived from learning, and the latter is derived from practice.

38. When you first deviate from the truth, you will be in the first place.

39. No one can fully grasp the truth.

40. Those who love the truth love the truth when there is no danger, and love the truth when they are in danger.

41. Those who progress scientifically and are morally backward are not advancing, but retreating.

42. Even God cannot change the past.

43. The use of dogs is better than sleeping lions.

44. Being brave is the way to confidence and fear.

45. Learning is the decoration of the rich, the refuge of the poor, and the food of the elderly.

46. ​​Knowledge is the nature of mankind.

47. Someone asked: Is it good to write a good poem by genius or by art? My opinion is: hard learning without rich genius, genius without training, all useless; the two should be mutually useful, Combine with each other.

48. Education does not change human nature and can only improve human nature.

49. Education is a cheap defense.

50. Education is an ornament in good times and a refuge in adversity.