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I hope that in victory we are more grateful than proud.

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This cultural, technological, and meritocratic environment hasn't made us a race of depraved barbarians. But it has made us less morally articulate. M...more

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What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give. The totality of their life, of the way they go about it in the smallest details, is...more

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You can’t build rich lives simply by reading sermons or following abstract rules. Example is the best teacher. Moral improvement occurs most reliably ...more

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I make honorable things pleasant to children." A teacher from Sparta

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there was perhaps a strain of humility that was more common then than now, that there was a moral ecology, stretching back centuries but less prominen...more

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Nearly every parent on earth operates on the assumption that character matters a lot to the life outcomes of their children. Nearly every government a...more

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To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.

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Moderation is based on the idea that things do not fit neatly together. Politics is likely to be a competition between legitimate opposing interests. ...more

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The inner struggle against one’s own weaknesses is the central drama of life.

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People with character are capable of long obedience in the same direction, of staying attached to people and causes and callings through thick and thi...more