Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just;…

Quote by Aristotle

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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...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

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...

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough...

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

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

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

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be...

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be...

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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...

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all...

Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all...

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek...

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek...