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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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

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

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

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

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...

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...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things...

All men by nature desire to know.

All men by nature desire to know.

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice,...

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice,...

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.

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...

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

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...

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...

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...

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to...

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to...