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In bad or corrupted natures the body will often appear to rule over the soul, because they are in an evil and unnatural condition. At all events we may firstly observe in living creatures both a despotical and a constitutional rule; for the soul rules the body with a despotical rule, whereas the intellect rules the appetites with a constitutional and royal rule. And it is clear that the rule of the soul over the body, and of the mind and the rational element over the passionate, is natural and expedient; whereas the equality of the two or the rule of the inferior is always hurtful.

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

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It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit

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

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A democracy when put to the strain grows weak, and is supplanted by Oligarchy.

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That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.

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For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

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The final cause, then, produces motion through being loved.

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Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.

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Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it.

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No one praises happiness as one praises justice, but we call it a 'blessing,' deeming it something higher and more divine than things we praise.

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True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.

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It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

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Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing.

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All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves...

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Our actions determine our dispositions.

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A state is an association of similar persons whose aim is the best life possible. What is best is happiness, and to be happy is an active exercise of virtue and a complete employment of it.

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PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION.

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The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.

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Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy

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