Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Aristotle
More from: Aristotle
DOWNLOAD
You are free to use this picture for any purpose including commercial. A credit linking back to this page is appreciated.
Similar Quotes:
-
When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho. -
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. -
The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall. -
No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds. -
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
More quotes by Aristotle
- Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
- Education is the best provision for old age.
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.