We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

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.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

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

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

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

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.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

Adventure is worthwhile.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

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...

Democracy is the name we give to the people each time we need them

Democracy is the name we give to the people each time we need them

Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation...

Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation...

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing...

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...