Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

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Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is...

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

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No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Happiness is a sort of action.

Happiness is a sort of action.

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

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

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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

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The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

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What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Poverty is the parent of revolution

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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the...

To have nothing is not poverty

To have nothing is not poverty