Aristotle ( 10 of 140 )
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate read more
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.
There are some who, because the point is the limit and extreme of the line, the line of the plane, read more
There are some who, because the point is the limit and extreme of the line, the line of the plane, and the plane of the solid, think there must be real things of this sort.
Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.
Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is read more
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
How God ever brings like to like.
How God ever brings like to like.
Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.
Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.
It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.
It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources
Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources
