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It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the truth is possible. -- Aristotle

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

-- Aristotle

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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

-- Aristotle

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

-- Aristotle

All men by nature desire to know.

-- Aristotle

It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.

-- Aristotle

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

-- Aristotle

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

-- Aristotle

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

-- George Bernard Shaw

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
-- George Bernard Shaw

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Aristotle

It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the truth is possible. -- Aristotle

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

-- Aristotle

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

-- Aristotle

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

-- Aristotle

All men by nature desire to know.

-- Aristotle

It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.

-- Aristotle

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

-- Aristotle

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

-- Aristotle

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

-- George Bernard Shaw

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
-- George Bernard Shaw

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It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the truth is possible. -- Aristotle

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. -- Aristotle

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. -- Aristotle

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love. -- Aristotle

All men by nature desire to know. -- Aristotle

It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize. -- Aristotle

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. -- Aristotle

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. -- Aristotle

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

-- George Bernard Shaw

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. -- George Bernard Shaw

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

-- Aristotle

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

-- Aristotle

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

-- Aristotle

All men by nature desire to know.

-- Aristotle

It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.

-- Aristotle

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

-- Aristotle

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

-- Aristotle

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
-- George Bernard Shaw