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We must not listen to those who advise us 'being men to think human thoughts, and being mortal to think mortal thoughts' but must put on immortality as much as possible and strain every nerve to live according to that best part of us, which, being small in bulk, yet much more in its power and honour surpasses all else.

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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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All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

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No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.

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The seat of the soul and the control of voluntary movement - in fact, of nervous functions in general, - are to be sought in the heart. The brain is an organ of minor importance.

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Just as at the Olympic games it is not the handsomest or strongest men who are crowned with victory but the successful competitors, so in life it is those who act rightly who carry off all the prizes and rewards.

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The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.

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Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend.

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The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.

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To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.

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Between friends there is no need for justice, but people who are just still need the quality of friendship; and indeed friendliness is considered to be justice in the fullest sense.

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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

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PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION.

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The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself.

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One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.

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Love is the cause of unity in all things.

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Rhetoric is useful because truth and justice are in their nature stronger than their opposites; so that if decisions be made, not in conformity to the rule of propriety, it must have been that they have been got the better of through fault of the advocates themselves: and this is deserving reprehension.

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Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.

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Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative

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