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The young are heated by Nature as drunken men by wine.

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No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each other.

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It will contribute towards one's object, who wishes to acquire a facility in the gaining of knowledge, to doubt judiciously.

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To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

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In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.

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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 involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.

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Irrational passions would seem to be as much a part of human nature as is reason.

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God has many names, though He is only one Being.

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Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. [Thus,] there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.

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Friendship is communion.

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Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion destroys a state.

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Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative

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No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.

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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 habit.

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Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean.

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It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.

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In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.

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And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart.

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There are two distinctive peculiarities by reference to which we characterize the soul (1) local movement and (2) thinking, discriminating, and perceiving. Thinking both speculative and practical is regarded as akin to a form of perceiving; for in the one as well as the other the soul discriminates and is cognizant of something which is.

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