We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

Happiness is a sort of action.

Happiness is a sort of action.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Most people would rather get than give affection

Most people would rather get than give affection

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...