The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition.

Aristotle

Aristotle

Acute Animals Best Disposition Eyes Large Middle Moderate Most Others Persons Position Projecting Sign Size Small Some Those Vision Which

Related Quotes

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

EqualityAlikeAttained

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

For a large number of problems, there will be some animal of choice, or a few such animals, on which it can be most conveniently studied.

— August Krogh

AnimalAnimalsChoice

Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season.

AboutAlsoAnimals

It is not the position, but the disposition.

— Susan Sontag

DispositionNotPosition