“The liar in trifles will lie in graver matters; truth in small things heralds honesty in great.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 7 (Translated by W.D. Ross)
“Irony, when not extreme, reflects refinement; boastfulness, a hollow soul.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 7 (Translated by W.D. Ross)
“Social virtue blends truth with pleasantness, shunning flattery and rudeness alike.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 6 (Translated by W.D. Ross)
“Gentleness praises anger rightly felt, condemns excess as wrath, defect as servility.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 5 (Translated by W.D. Ross)
“The high-minded man moves slowly, speaks deeply, and acts with measured dignity.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 3 (Translated by W.D. Ross)
“High-mindedness scorns honors from the base but accepts them modestly from the good.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 3 (Translated by W.D. Ross)
“The vulgar confuse costliness with beauty; the magnificent marry expense to elegance.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 2 (Translated by W.D. Ross)
“Magnificence demands greatness of scale, yet proportioned to the giver and the deed.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 2 (Translated by W.D. Ross)
“The liberal man values wealth only as a means to act nobly, not for its own sake.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 1 (Translated by W.D. Ross)
“Wealth’s best use lies not in hoarding but in noble giving, the mark of the liberal.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV, Chapter 1 (Translated by W.D. Ross)