People do not naturally become morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as the result of lifelong personal and community effort.
The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.
Happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.