Aristotle Quotes on Human nature
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It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of reason is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs.
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Man is by nature a political animal.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Men ... are easily induced to believe that in some wonderful manner everybody will become everybody's friend, especially when some one is heard denouncing the evils now existing in states, suits about contracts, convictions for perjury, flatteries of rich men and the like, which are said to arise out of the possession of private property. These evils, however, are due to a very different cause-the wickedness of human nature.
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It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
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Bad men are full of repentance.
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Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
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Most people would rather give than get affection.