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

Quote by Aristotle

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The law is reason, free from passion.

The law is reason, free from passion.

Beauty is the gift of God.

Beauty is the gift of God.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

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

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

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

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...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he...

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he...

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...

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

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

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

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...

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen...

The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen...

I have found out in later years [that] we were very poor, but the glory...

I have found out in later years [that] we were very poor, but the glory...