We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
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Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least…
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
The secret to humor is surprise. – Aristotle
The secret to humor is surprise.
The gods too are fond of a joke. – Aristotle
The gods too are fond of a joke.
The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men. – Aristotle
The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. – Aristotle
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. – Aristotle
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.…
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. – Aristotle
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
Nature does nothing uselessly. – Aristotle
Nature does nothing uselessly.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. – Aristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing…
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
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