We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But the virtues we get by first exercising them, as also happens in the case of the arts as well. For the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
He then alone will strictly be called brave who is fearless of a noble death, and of all such chances as come… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Bravery is a mean state concerned with things that inspire confidence and with things fearful ... and leading us to choose danger… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Courage is the first of human virtues because it makes all others possible.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
To die, and thus avoid poverty or love, or anything painful, is not the part of a brave man, but rather of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
