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Aristotle Excellence then is not an act but a habit Durant

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"These virtues are formed in a man by his doing the actions." 


Aristotle
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
NOT Aristotle

That's actually Will Durant giving his own interpretation of Aristotle
(See "It's a MUCH More Effective Quotation", http://bit.ly/ThptlL)
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