Aristotle Quotes on Time

6 quotes

  1. Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.

  2. One swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

    #45 I.1098a18
  3. Any one can get angry - that is easy - or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for every one, nor is it easy.

    #55 II.1109a27
  4. Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

  5. Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

  6. 'We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.'

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