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 energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

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.

Most people would rather get than give affection

Most people would rather get than give affection

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

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

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

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

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

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

Man is by nature a political animal.

Man is by nature a political animal.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

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...

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...

Anger is one letter short of danger, Greatest remedy for anger is delay

Anger is one letter short of danger, Greatest remedy for anger is delay

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but...

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but...