We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

Quote by Aristotle

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

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...

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies.

What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies.

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best...

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best...

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...

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to...

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to...

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

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...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...