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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To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the...

To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the...

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to...

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to...

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

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...

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs...

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs...

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

If nothing is mirrored in Knowledge, then it does NOT exist.

If nothing is mirrored in Knowledge, then it does NOT exist.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.