Adapted Quote by Aristotle

“The virtues therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the capacity to receive the,.…

— Aristotle

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception,…

— Aristotle

The virtues [moral excellence] therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the capacity to…

— Aristotle

“None of the moral virtues is engendered in us by nature, for no natural property can be altered by habit.”

— Aristotle

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.

— Francoise Mallet-Joris

Our virtues themselves are not free and floating qualities over which we retain a permanent control and power of disposal; they come to be…

— Marcel Proust

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

— Seneca the Younger

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

— Proverb

All are agreed that the various moral qualities are in a sense bestowed by nature: we are just, and capable of temperance, and brave,…

— Aristotle

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no virtue which does not rejoice a well-descended nature; there is a kind of I know not what congratulation in well-doing, that…

— Michel de Montaigne

“It is pity in which the state of nature takes the place of laws, morals and virtues, with the added advantage that no one…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau