Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Action Quotes, Performance Quotes, Virtue Quotes

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance...

The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the...

The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the...

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Hope is a waking dream.

Hope is a waking dream.

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is...

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is...

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...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

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...

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...

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I...

I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I...

Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's...

Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's...

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in...