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Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody.

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[Prudence] is the virtue of that part of the intellect [the calculative] to which it belongs; and . . . our choice of actions will not be right without Prudence any more than without Moral Virtue, since, while Moral Virtue enables us to achieve the end, Prudence makes us adopt the right means to the end.

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The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get.

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Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.

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That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.

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Wickedness is nourished by lust.

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Property should be in a general sense common, but as a general rule private... In well-ordered states, although every man has his own property, some things he will place at the disposal of his friends, while of others he shares the use of them.

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In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.

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A city is composed of different kinds of men; similar people cannot bring a city into existence.

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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.

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The more you know, the more you know you don't know.

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The law does not expressly permit suicide, and what it does not permit it forbids.

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When you ask a dumb question, you get a smart answer.

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All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.

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Friendship is essentially a partnership.

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Metaphor is halfway between the unintelligible and the commonplace.

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No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.

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The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.

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[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it

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Happiness is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue

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