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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

Aristotle
Inspirational, Courage, Yoga
Aristotle (1953). “Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics”

The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.

Aristotle
Courage, Men, Brave
Aristotle, John Burnet (1967). “Aristotle on Education: Extracts from the Ethics and Politics”, p.63, CUP Archive

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

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Courage, Philosophical, Brave

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

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Courage, Philosophical, Mean
"Nicomachean Ethics". Book by Aristotle, 3.6,

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

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Courage, Peace, Bravery
"Nichomachean Ethics". Book by Aristotle, Book II, c. 325 BC.

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

Aristotle
Life, Gratitude, Courage
"Nicomachean Ethics". Book by Aristotle, I, 1101a, www.perseus.tufts.edu.

He is courageous who endures and fears the right thing, for the right motive, in the right way and at the right times.

Aristotle
Courage, Way, Endure
Aristotle (1962). “Nicomachean Ethics”

Men become builders by building and lyreplayers by playing the lyre; so too we become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Aristotle
Courage, Brave
"Nicomachean Ethics".

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