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Aristotle Born: 0384-00-00 Birthplace: Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece Died: 0322-03-07 Location of Death: Chalcis, Euboea, Greece Field: Philosopher, Scientist Info: Politics
Aristotle Quotes 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.
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