Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

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Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

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...

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

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...

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...

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means...

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means...

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in...

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in...

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...

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to...

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to...

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

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,...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

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

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

Give me one friend, just one, who meets The needs of all my varying moods.

Give me one friend, just one, who meets The needs of all my varying moods.

Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear;...

Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear;...