Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.Aristotle
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
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Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
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A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
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Being,
Choice,
Concerned,
Determine,
Determined,
Excellence,
Lying,
Man,
Mean,
Practical,
Reason,
Relative,
State,
Then,
Us,
Way,
Which,
Wisdom,
Would
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