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	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. Aristotle Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Greek Philosopher Quotes Year of Birth: 384 BC Year of Death: 322 BC Nationality: Greek Amazon: Aristotle on Amazon	Related Authors: Aristotle Diogenes Epictetus Epicurus Heraclitus Plato Plutarch Socrates
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