For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.
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AristotleNicomachean Ethics, Book II, tr. W. D. Ross
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Greek philosopher and student of Plato who wrote on ethics, logic and science. (384-322 BC)
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- Any one can get angry, that is easy... but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for every one, nor is it easy.Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, tr. W. D. Ross
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, tr. W. D. Ross
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII
- When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.Nicomachean Ethics, Book III
- Our characters are the result of our conduct.Nicomachean Ethics, Book III
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