The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

The soul can not think without a picture.

The soul can not think without a picture.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms...

The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

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

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

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...