Aristotle: Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of askin

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth — Aristotle

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.

Source: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 3.0). Quotations may be subject to their authors' rights and may be shown in translation.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends. — Aristotle
And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have — Aristotle
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
He penetrated into the whole universe of things, and subjected its scattered wea — Aristotle
If only one tooth aches, rejoice that not all of them ache.... If your wife betr — Anton Chekhov
My way of joking is to tell the truth . It's the funniest joke in the world. — George Bernard Shaw
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberat — Michel de Montaigne
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. — Mark Twain
Delivered from the galling yoke of time. — William Wordsworth
The primary indication, to my thinking, of a well-ordered mind is a man’s abilit — Seneca
Under democracy individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded. — Mahatma Gandhi
Today I practice laughing for a good hour, to deserve the reputation of a gay wr — Jules Renard