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Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man shows more and the unrestrained man less steadfastness than most men are capable of.

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I seek to bring forth what you almost already know.

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So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which a prudent man would use to determine it. It is a mean between two kinds of vice, one of excess and the other of deficiency.

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Peace is more difficult than war.

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But then in what way are things called good? They do not seem to be like the things that only chance to have the same name. Are goods one then by being derived from one good or by all contributing to one good, or are they rather one by analogy? Certainly as sight is in the body, so is reason in the soul, and so on in other cases.

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Now property is part of a household, and the acquisition of property part of household-management; for neither life itself nor the good life is possible without a certain minimum supply of the necessities.

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Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed.

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The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.

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Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals with the power of reasoned speech.

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The attainment of truth is then the function of both the intellectual parts of the soul. Therefore their respective virtues are those dispositions which will best qualify them to attain truth.

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Men in general desire the good and not merely what their fathers had.

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Let us be well persuaded that everyone of us possesses happiness in proportion to his virtue and wisdom, and according as he acts in obedience to their suggestion.

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To be angry is easy. But to be angry with the right man at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy.

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Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good.

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Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.

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Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn.

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The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

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People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.

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To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

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Anger is always concerned with individuals, ... whereas hatred is directed also against classes: we all hate any thief and any informer. Moreover, anger can be cured by time; but hatred cannot. The one aims at giving pain to its object, the other at doing him harm; the angry man wants his victim to feel; the hater does not mind whether they feel or not.

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