Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not…

Quote by Aristotle

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

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

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been...

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been...

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

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

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

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...

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

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

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

Limits exist only in the mind

Limits exist only in the mind

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

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...

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in...

To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

Hope is a waking dream.

Hope is a waking dream.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

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.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.