We acquire a particular quality by acting in a particular way.
- Topic: Action, Quality
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If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.
It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
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