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Neither should we forget the mean, which at the present day is lost sight of in perverted forms of government; for many practices which appear to be democratical are the ruin of democracies, . . Those who think 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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People do not naturally become morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as the result of lifelong personal and community effort.

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But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.

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PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION.

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Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.

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Every realm of nature is marvelous.

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Of the irrational part of the soul again one division appears to be common to all living things, and of a vegetative nature.

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

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The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

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Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

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In justice is all virtues found in sum.

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Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions. This is why it is a hard task to be good, for it is hard to find the middle point in anything.

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Worms are the intestines of the earth.

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Soul and body, I suggest react sympathetically upon each other. A change in the state of the soul produces a change in the shape of the body and conversely, a change in the shape of the body produces a change in the state of the soul.

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Adventure is worthwhile.

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The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.

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What soon grows old? Gratitude.

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Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia.

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Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.

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Happiness, then, is co-extensive with contemplation, and the more people contemplate, the happier they are; not incidentally, but in virtue of their contemplation, because it is in itself precious. Thus happiness is a form of contemplation.

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