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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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

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

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

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Poverty is the parent of revolution

The law is reason, free from passion.

The law is reason, free from passion.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The weaker are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to...

The weaker are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to...

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

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

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

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice,...

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice,...

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is...

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is...

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...

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are...

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are...

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

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

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

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.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of...

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of...