“Virtue is destroyed through the same activities through which we acquire it, and the same is true for practical skills. People become both good and bad kitharists from playing the kithara, and similarly for house builders and all the rest. It is from building well that people become good house builders, and from building badly that they become bad ones…. The same goes for the virtues. From of transactions with others, for example, some of use become just, and others unjust. From the way we act in frightening situation, as we get used to feeling fear or confidence, some of us become braved while others become cowards. So too in matters of appetites and anger, some people develop self-discipline and an even temper, while others become self-indulgent and hot tempered – depending on how they conduct themselves in those situations.” From Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Here, Aristotle is saying that just doing something a lot does not mean you will be good at it. You have to do it a lot a...
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