"Whatever we learn to do, we learn..." - Quote by Aristotle
Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled ; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.
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“In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.”
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
“Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.”
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“Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have.”
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“It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.”
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“Experience, as we know, has a way of boiling over, and making us correct our present formulas.”