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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He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their...

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask...

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask...

When poverty comes in at doors, love leaps out at windows

When poverty comes in at doors, love leaps out at windows