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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Hope is a waking dream.

Hope is a waking dream.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

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...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough...

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough...

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

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.

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

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

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

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...