All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Quote by Aristotle

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Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Man is by nature a political animal.

Man is by nature a political animal.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

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.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for...

The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for...

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill...

You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill...

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

My objection to Liberalism is this -- that it is the introduction into the practical...

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the...

Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the...