Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Quote by Aristotle

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

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

Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare...

Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare...

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

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

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

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.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

The law is reason, free from passion.

The law is reason, free from passion.

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...

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

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...

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

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

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

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...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.