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 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.

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Hope is a waking dream.

Hope is a waking dream.

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

God did not build you to pull over during the storms of life; He built...

God did not build you to pull over during the storms of life; He built...

God is just a concept, but music is tangible.

God is just a concept, but music is tangible.