Comments on: Aristotle Quotes

By: nequo

nequo — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:42:51 +0000

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

By: poker

poker — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:42:22 +0000

The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice.

By: amber

amber — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:42:30 +0000

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

By: ranoo

ranoo — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:42:12 +0000

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

By: urlser

urlser — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:41:40 +0000

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.