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Principle Quotes by Aristotle
- So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which…
- ...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral…
- ...The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest.
- ... There must then be a principle of such a kind that its substance is activity.
- If we state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul…
- For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all; since armed injustice…
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- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. — Marcus Aurelius
- I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Teresa of Avila
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it,… — Charles Babbage
- Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. — Honore de Balzac
- The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award. — Javier Bardem
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. — John Quincy Adams
- The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or… — Jean Baudrillard
- Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle… — Scott Adams
- Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle. — Gary Bauer