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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

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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.

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A man without regrets cannot be cured.

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One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought.

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Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by h...more

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Every skill and every inquiry, and similarly every action and rational choice, is thought to aim at some good; and so the good had been aptly describe...more

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...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 o...more

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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in gover...more

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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who ...more

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperat...more

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Education is the best provision for old age.