Quote of Aristotle

Αριστοτέλης (Aristotelēs; Aristotle)(384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was a Greek thinker and scientist.


1. "He who has overcome his fears will truly be free."

Simple English: Someone who does not let fear stop him will really be free.



2. "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies."

Simple English: Someone who does not let his desires stop him seems to me to have a stronger mind (less fear) than someone who does not let his enemies stop him.



3. "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."

Simple English: In every thing of nature, there is something to make a person wonder and feel good.



4. "Misfortune shows those who are not really friends."

Simple English: When a person has bad luck, the person finds out which of their friends are not really friends.



5. "How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms."

Simple English: It is a large number of arguments that the people arguing could have made smaller into just a small number of sentences, if they had not been afraid to take the words they were using and explain the meaning of each word.