Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Quote by Aristotle

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

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 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...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

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...

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things...

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

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

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

Limits exist only in the mind

Limits exist only in the mind

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and...

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and...

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by...

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by...

This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows...

This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows...