"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly..." - Quote by Aristotle
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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“The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.”
“Persuasion is effected through the medium of the hearers, when they shall have been brought to a state of excitement under the influence of speech; for we do not, when influenced by pain or joy, or partiality or dislike, award our decisions in the same way; about which means of persuasion alone, I declare that the system-mongers of the present day busy themselves.”
“Truth is a remarkable thing. We cannot miss knowing some of it. But we cannot know it entirely.”
More on Habits
“Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else. This is not advice, it is merely custom.”
“The teacher's prime concern should be to ingrain into the pupil that assortment of habits that shall be most useful to him throughout life. Education is for behavior, and habits are the stuff of which behavior consists.”
“We are creatures of imitation. We find it hard to resist the temptation to do that which we see others doing.”
More on Character
“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.”
“The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.”
“Where shall we see a better daughter, or a kinder sister, or a truer friend?”