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It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while those which aim only at the good of the rulers are wrong.

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No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

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All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

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There also appears to be another element in the soul, which, though irrational, yet in a manner participates in rational principle.

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Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.

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The man with a host of friends who slaps on the back everybody he meets is regarded as the friend of nobody.

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Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.

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The End is included among goods of the soul, and not among external goods.

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The goodness or badness, justice or injustice, of laws varies of necessity with the constitution of states. This, however, is clear, that the laws must be adapted to the constitutions. But if so, true forms of government will of necessity have just laws, and perverted forms of government will have unjust laws.

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All art is concerned with coming into being; for it is concerned neither with things that are, or come into being by necessity, nor with things that do so in accordance with nature.

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The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the souls ability to nourish itself must lie in the heart.

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The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.

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The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state.

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The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

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These two rational faculties may be designated the Scientific Faculty and the Calculative Faculty respectively; since calculation is the same as deliberation, and deliberation is never exercised about things that are invariable, so that the Calculative Faculty is a separate part of the rational half of the soul.

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In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.

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Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be.

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There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.

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Money was established for exchange, but interest causes it to be reproduced by itself. Therefore this way of earning money is greatly in conflict with the natural law.

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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.

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