Excellence is not an art. It is the habit of practice.
Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due carefully.
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
For both excessive and insufficient exercise destroy one's strength, and both eating and drinking too much or too little destroy health, whereas the right quantity produces, increases and preserves it. So it is the same with temperance, courage and the other virtues. This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.
Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.
What we expect, that we find.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.
Happiness is the reward of virtue.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Let us first understand the facts and then we may seek the cause.
You are what you do repeatedly.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.
Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure.
Happiness depends on ourselves.
To Unlearn is as hard as to Learn
To love someone is to identify with them.
Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good.
We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.
The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
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