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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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...

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

Bad men are full of repentance.

Bad men are full of repentance.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

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 regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

Beauty is the gift of God.

Beauty is the gift of God.

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.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

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...

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.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

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.