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Error Is Multiform (for Evil Is A Form Of The Unlimited, As In The Old Pythagorean Imagery, And Good Of The Limited), Whereas Success Is Possible In One Way Only (which Is Why It Is Easy To Fail And Difficult To Succeed - Easy To Miss The Target And Difficult To Hit It); So This Is Another Reason Why Excess And Deficiency Are A Mark Of Vice, And Observance Of The Mean A Mark Of Virtue: Goodness Is Simple, Badness Is Manifold.

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Error Is Multiform (for Evil Is A Form Of The Unlimited, As In The Old Pythagorean Imagery, And Good Of The Limited), Whereas Success Is Possible In One Way Only (which Is Why It Is Easy To Fail And Difficult To Succeed - Easy To Miss The Target And Difficult To Hit It); So This Is Another Reason Why Excess And Deficiency Are A Mark Of Vice, And Observance Of The Mean A Mark Of Virtue: Goodness Is Simple, Badness Is Manifold.

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The Same Things Are Best Both For Individuals And For States, And These Are The Things Which The Legislator Ought To Implant In The Minds Of His Citizens.

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A Constitution Is The Arrangement Of Magistracies In A State.

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There Is Nothing Strange In The Circle Being The Origin Of Any And Every Marvel.

Of All The Varieties Of Virtues, Liberalism Is The Most Beloved.

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The Light Of The Day Is Followed By Night, As A Shadow Follows A Body.

We, On The Other Hand, Must Take For Granted That The Things That Exist By Nature Are, Either All Or Some Of Them, In Motion.

We Are What We Repeatedly Do.

It May Be Argued That Peoples For Whom Philosophers Legislate Are Always Prosperous.

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We Have Divided The Virtues Of The Soul Into Two Groups, The Virtues Of The Character And The Virtues Of The Intellect.

Liars When They Speak The Truth Are Not Believed.

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Your Happiness Depends On You Alone.

The Least Deviation From Truth Will Be Multiplied Later.

The Weak Are Always Anxious For Justice And Equality. The Strong Pay No Heed To Either.

No Notice Is Taken Of A Little Evil, But When It Increases It Strikes The Eye.

If Men Are Given Food, But No Chastisement Nor Any Work, They Become Insolent.

There Is No Such Thing As Committing Adultery With The Right Woman, At The Right Time, And In The Right Way, For It Is Simply Wrong.

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Those Who Merely Possess The Goods Of Fortune May Be Haughty And Insolent; . . . They Try To Imitate The Great-souled Man Without Being Really Like Him, And Only Copy Him In What They Can, Reproducing His Contempt For Others But Not His Virtuous Conduct. For The Great-souled Man Is Justified In Despising Other People - His Estimates Are Correct; But Most Proud Men Have No Good Ground For Their Pride.

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Temperance Is A Mean With Regard To Pleasures.

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As Often As We Do Good, We Offer Sacrifices To God.

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The Actuality Of Thought Is Life.

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Happiness Is The Settling Of The Soul Into Its Most Appropriate Spot.

It Makes No Difference Whether A Good Man Has Defrauded A Bad Man, Or A Bad Man Defrauded A Good Man, Or Whether A Good Or Bad Man Has Committed Adultery: The Law Can Look Only To The Amount Of Damage Done.

We Praise A Man Who Feels Angry On The Right Grounds And Against The Right Persons And Also In The Right Manner At The Right Moment And For The Right Length Of Time.

Men Are Swayed More By Fear Than By Reverence.

There Is No Genius Who Hasn't A Touch Of Insanity.

The Mass Of Mankind Are Evidently Slavish In Their Tastes, Preferring A Life Suitable To Beasts.

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.

At The Intersection Where Your Gifts, Talents, And Abilities Meet A Human Need; Therein You Will Discover Your Purpose

To Say Of What Is That It Is Not, Or Of What Is Not That It Is, Is False, While To Say Of What Is That It Is, And Of What Is Not That It Is Not, Is True.

The Mathematical Sciences Particularly Exhibit Order Symmetry And Limitations; And These Are The Greatest Forms Of The Beautiful.

These Virtues Are Formed In Man By His Doing The Actions ... The Good Of Man Is A Working Of The Soul In The Way Of Excellence In A Complete Life.

It Belongs To Small-mindedness To Be Unable To Bear Either Honor Or Dishonor, Either Good Fortune Or Bad, But To Be Filled With Conceit When Honored And Puffed Up By Trifling Good Fortune, And To Be Unable To Bear Even The Smallest Dishonor And To Deem Any Chance Failure A Great Misfortune, And To Be Distressed And Annonyed At Everything. Moreover The Small-minded Man Is The Sort Of Person To Call All Slights An Insult And Dishonor, Even Those That Are Due To Ignorance Or Forgetfulness. Small-mindedness Is Accompanied By Pettiness, Querulousness, Pessimism And Self-abasement.

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Quid Quid Movetur Ab Alio Movetur"(nothing Moves Without Having Been Moved).

Aristocracy Is That Form Of Government In Which Education And Discipline Are Qualifications For Suffrage And Office Holding.

Thinking Is Different From Perceiving And Is Held To Be In Part Imagination, In Part Judgment

The Line Between Lawful And Unlawful Abortion Will Be Marked By The Fact Of Having Sensation And Being Alive.

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The Hardest Victory Is The Victory Over Self.

Patience Is So Like Fortitude That She Seems Either Her Sister Or Her Daughter.

Life Is Full Of Chances And Changes, And The Most Prosperous Of Men May In The Evening Of His Days Meet With Great Misfortunes.

Distance Does Not Break Off The Friendship Absolutely, But Only The Activity Of It.

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No Excellent Soul Is Exempt From A Mixture Of Madness.

A Brave Man Is Clear In His Discourse, And Keeps Close To Truth.

The Majority Of Mankind Would Seem To Be Beguiled Into Error By Pleasure, Which, Not Being Really A Good, Yet Seems To Be So. So That They Indiscriminately Choose As Good Whatsoever Gives Them Pleasure, While They Avoid All Pain Alike As Evil.

Our Characters Are The Result Of Our Conduct.

Comedy Has Had No History, Because It Was Not At First Treated Seriously.

The High-minded Man Must Care More For The Truth Than For What People Think.

Plato Is My Friend, But Truth Is A Better Friend.

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