One swallow doesn't make a spring.
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1.7
The source
"One swallow doesn't make a spring." Aristotle said it in Nicomachean Ethics 1.7. Translated by F. H. Peters, 1881.
"for one swallow or one fine day does not make a spring, nor does one day or any small space of time make a blessed or happy man"F. H. Peters, 1881, Nicomachean Ethics 1.7.
Who said it
Aristotle (384–322 BC). Plato's student and Alexander's tutor, who wrote on virtue as a practiced habit.
Questions
- Who said "One swallow doesn't make a spring."?
- Aristotle (384–322 BC). Source: Nicomachean Ethics 1.7.
- What is the original wording?
- for one swallow or one fine day does not make a spring, nor does one day or any small space of time make a blessed or happy man (F. H. Peters, 1881). Translated by F. H. Peters, 1881.
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