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We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

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Of means of persuading by speaking there are three species: some consist in the character of the speaker; others in the disposing the hearer a certain way; others in the thing itself which is said, by reason of its proving, or appearing to prove the point.

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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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While most of those who hold that the whole heaven is finite say that the earth lies at the center, the philosophers of Italy, the so-called Pythagoreans, assert the contrary. They say that in the middle there is fire, and that the earth is one of the stars, and by its circular motion round the center produces night and day.

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Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.

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Change in all things is sweet.

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If you see a man approaching with the obvious intent of doing you good, run for your life. Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

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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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Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.'

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Talent is culture with insolence.

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Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it.

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The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice.

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It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized.

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Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.

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All things are full of gods.

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One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

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Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.

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Either a beast or a god.

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There must be in prudence also some master virtue.

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