so too we become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, section 1; English translation by W. D. Ross. Independent clause excerpt explaining how repeated action develops character.
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, section 1
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