Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Action Quotes, Performance Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the...

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the...

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied mathematics.

There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied mathematics.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.