11 Aristotle Quotes on Wisdom

Aristotle quotes on wisdom

21. That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a disputable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.

46. For some identify happiness with virtue, some with practical wisdom, others with a kind of philosophic wisdom, others with these, or one of these, accompanied by pleasure or not without pleasure; while others include also external prosperity. Now ... it is not probable that these should be entirely mistaken, but rather that they should be right in at least some one respect or even in most respects.

73. Education is the best provision for old age.

108. It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

113. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

114. It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

133. The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

140. The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

151. The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

152. The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life- knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

162. Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd rather have been talking.