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

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Action Quotes

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

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

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...

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...

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

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

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

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...

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

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

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

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...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Hope is a waking dream.

Hope is a waking dream.

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

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

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

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...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

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,...

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...

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...