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And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of the arts of peace they knew nothing, and had never engaged in any employment higher than war.

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Happiness is essentially perfect; so that the happy man requires in addition the goods of the body, external goods and the gifts of fortune, in order that his activity may not be impeded through lack of them.

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Pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

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Friendship is essentially a partnership.

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Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it.

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Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do.

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No one who desires to become good will become good unless he does good things.

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A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.

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No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

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If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.

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It is no part of a physician's business to use either persuasion or compulsion upon the patients.

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The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

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Justice therefore demands that no one should do more ruling than being ruled, but that all should have their turn.

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Since music has so much to do with the molding of character, it is necessary that we teach it to our children.

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The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for the soul is in some sense the principle of animal life.

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Between friends there is no need of justice.

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If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.

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The sun, moving as it does, sets up processes of change and becoming and decay, and by its agency the finest and sweetest water is every day carried up and is dissolved into vapour and rises to the upper region, where it is condensed again by the cold and so returns to the earth. This, as we have said before, is the regular course of nature.

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If the hammer and the shuttle could move themselves, slavery would be unnecessary.

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Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the best and most complete.Foroneswallowdoesnot makea summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

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