Wit is cultured insolence.

Quote by Aristotle

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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to...

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to...

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...