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The gods too are fond of a joke.

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Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.

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A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in the state, and the constitution is in fact the government.

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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions.

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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

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People become house builders through building houses, harp players through playing the harp. We grow to be just by doing things which are just.

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We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.

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Law is mind without reason.

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Time is the measurable unit of movement concerning a before and an after.

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Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

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Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it cannot exist without them. Hence it is hard to be truly great-souled, for greatness of soul is impossible without moral nobility.

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A state of the soul is either (1) an emotion, (2) a capacity, or (3) a disposition; virtue therefore must be one of these three things.

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Let us be well persuaded that everyone of us possesses happiness in proportion to his virtue and wisdom, and according as he acts in obedience to their suggestion.

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...one Greek city state had a fundamental law: anyone proposing revisions to the constitution did so with a noose around his neck. If his proposal lost he was instantly hanged.

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

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Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.

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The senses are gateways to the intelligence. There is nothing in the intelligence which did not first pass through the senses.

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

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The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.

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Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.

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