Aristotle
View AuthorThe moral excellence is the result of habit. We become just by performing acts of justice; temperate, by performing acts of moderation; brave, by performing acts of courage.
Aristotle
View AuthorIt is evident that not all ends are perfect ends. But the supreme good constitutes, in some way, a perfect end.
Aristotle
View AuthorWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Jean Lucien Arréat
View AuthorIf I involve myself in life, I exaggerate its importance; and if I distance myself from it, I exaggerate its insignificance.
Isaac Asimov
View AuthorFirst of all, let's put an end to Socrates, because I'm tired of this notion that knowing nothing is a sign of wisdom.
Isaac Asimov
View AuthorNever let a sense of morality prevent you from doing what is right.
Berthold Auerbach
View AuthorThe novelty attracts attention and even respect, but habit makes it disappear soon; we would hardly deign to look at the rainbow if it stayed on the horizon for a long time.
Aulus Persius
View AuthorLive within yourself and you will see how short your wealth is.
Jane Austen
View AuthorI don't want people to be too nice, as it saves me the trouble of having to like them too much.
Francisco Ayala
View AuthorIncompetence is all the more harmful the greater the power of the incompetent.
Marcel Aymé
View AuthorHumility is the antechamber of all perfections.
Manuel Azaña
View AuthorFreedom does not make men happy, it simply makes them men.