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

Quote by Aristotle

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Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

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.

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...

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

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...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but...

It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but...

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go...

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go...

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

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.

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Never confuse motion with action.

Never confuse motion with action.

The best way to succeed is to have a specific Intent, a clear Vision, a...

The best way to succeed is to have a specific Intent, a clear Vision, a...