At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

The soul can not think without a picture.

The soul can not think without a picture.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

Nature does nothing in vain.

Nature does nothing in vain.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of...

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else...