Quotes by Ancient Greek Authors

And further, observing that all this indeterminate substance is in motion, and that no true predication can be made of that which changes, they supposed that it is impossible to make any true statement about that which is in all ways and entirely changeable. For it was from this supposition that there blossomed forth the most extreme view of those which we have mentioned, that of the professed followers of Heraclitus, and such as Cratylus held, who ended by thinking that one need not say anything, and only moved his finger; and who criticized Heraclitus for saying that one cannot enter the same river twice, for he himself held that it cannot be done even once.
Aristotle
To amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously.
Aristotle
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.
Aristotle
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
Aristotle
Shame is an ornament to the young a disgrace to the old.
Aristotle
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies the hardest victory is the victory over self.
Aristotle
What lies in our power to do it lies in our power not to do.
Aristotle
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means and so make for themselves different modes of life.
Aristotle
Revolutions are not about trifles but spring from trifles.
Aristotle
Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they may be superior.
Aristotle
Life is full of chances and changes and the most prosperous of men may ... meet with great misfortunes.
Aristotle
Give me a lever long enough And a prop strong enough I can single-handed move the world.
Archimedes
We become just by performing just actions temperate by performing temperate actions brave by performing brave actions.
Aristotle
Man is by nature a civic animal.
Aristotle
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.
Aristotle
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
Aristotle
Quality is not an act. It is a habit.
Aristotle
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Aristotle
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means and so make for themselves different modes of life.
Aristotle
Revolutions are not about trifles but spring from trifles.
Aristotle
Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they may be superior.
Aristotle
Life is full of chances and changes and the most prosperous of men may ... meet with great misfortunes.
Aristotle
Give me a lever long enough And a prop strong enough I can single-handed move the world.
Archimedes
We become just by performing just actions temperate by performing temperate actions brave by performing brave actions.
Aristotle
Man is by nature a civic animal.
Aristotle
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.
Aristotle
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
Aristotle
Quality is not an act. It is a habit.
Aristotle
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Aristotle
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet neither thirsty nor drunken.
Aristotle
The physician heals Nature makes well.
Aristotle
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life the whole aim and end of human existence.
Aristotle
All men by nature desire to know.
Aristotle
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
Aristotle
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
Aristophanes
Humour is the only test of gravity and gravity of humour for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
Aristotle
Hope is a waking dream.
Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours but in deserving them.
Aristotle
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.
Aristotle
Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
Aristotle
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life the whole aim and end of human existence
Aristotle
God has many names though He is only one Being.
Aristotle
All men seek one goal: success or happiness.
Aristotle
Honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
Aristotle
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
Aristotle
In poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge.
Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Aristotle
Between friends there is no need of justice.
Aristotle
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us.
Aristotle
Friends are an aid to the young to guard them from error to the elderly to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action to those in the prime of life to assist them to noble deeds.
Aristotle
Without friends no one would choose to live though he had all other goods.
Aristotle
A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
Aristotle
Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
Aristophanes
Evil events from evil causes spring.
Aristophanes
The truth is forced upon us very quickly by a foe.
Aristophanes
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Aristotle