Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Quote by Aristotle

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

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

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

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

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

Beauty is the gift of God.

Beauty is the gift of God.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he...

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he...

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...

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

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...

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...

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...

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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...

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...

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

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...

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.