So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions. Those who contribute most to this kind of association are for that very reason entitled to a larger share in the state than those who, though they may be equal or even superior in free birth and in family, are inferior in the virtue that belongs to a citizen. Similarly they are entitled to a larger share than those who are superior in riches but inferior in virtue.
AristotleOpinion involves belief (for without belief in what we opine we cannot have an opinion), and in the brutes though we often find imagination we never find belief.
AristotleThe misanthrope, as an essentially solitary man, is not a man at all: he must be a beast or a god.
AristotleIt is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
Aristotle