What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

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The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms...

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Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

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

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

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

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

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

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

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A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be...

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

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The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...