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

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Greed Quotes, Madness Quotes, Profit Quotes

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

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

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

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

Happiness is a sort of action.

Happiness is a sort of action.

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

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

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

All men by nature desire to know.

All men by nature desire to know.

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...

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

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

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

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,...

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

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

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

Well begun is half done.

Well begun is half done.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

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

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