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… - Will Durant

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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.

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About Will Durant

William James Durant (5 November 1885 – 7 November 1981) was an American historian, philosopher and writer, best remembered for his works The Story of Philosophy, and The Story of Civilization.

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Alternative Names: William James "Will" Durant • William James Durant
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George Santayana Aldous Huxley Bertrand Russell Francis Bacon Arthur Schopenhauer

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