Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Quote by Aristotle

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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

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...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

Society punishes rebels; nature kills them

Society punishes rebels; nature kills them

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with...

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with...

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but...

It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but...

Well begun is half done.

Well begun is half done.

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...

Nature does nothing in vain.

Nature does nothing in vain.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Poverty is the parent of revolution

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source.

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men...

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men...