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

Quote by Aristotle

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Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

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...

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

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

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is...

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is...

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Well begun is half done.

Well begun is half done.

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...