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

Quote by Aristotle

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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...

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

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...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

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...

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

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

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

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 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.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

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...

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

Most people would rather get than give affection

Most people would rather get than give affection

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll...

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll...

One must not be mean with the affections; what is spent of the fund is...

One must not be mean with the affections; what is spent of the fund is...