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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
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Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
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