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

Quote by Aristotle

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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,...

The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for...

The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

The law is reason free from passion

The law is reason free from passion

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

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...

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

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.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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...

The law is reason, free from passion.

The law is reason, free from passion.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...