We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

Quote by Aristotle

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

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...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

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...

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

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,...

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

One must have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.

One must have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.

If I had to use one word to describe how I feel towards you. I...

If I had to use one word to describe how I feel towards you. I...

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.