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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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

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...

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...

All men seek one goal : success or happiness. The only way to achieve true...

All men seek one goal : success or happiness. The only way to achieve true...

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...

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

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;...

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

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...

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing...

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing...

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

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.

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.