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To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.
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It is a part of probability that many improbable things will happen.
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No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.
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The line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive.
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Selfishness doesn't consist in a love to yourself, but in a big degree of such love.
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Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
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It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
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Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.
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Teenagers these days are out of control. They eat like pigs, they are disrespectful of adults, they interrupt and contradict their parents, and they terrorize their teachers.
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I will not allow the Athenians to sin twice against philosophy.
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
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What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
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When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.
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By myth I mean the arrangement of the incidents.
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The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due carefully.
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The law is reason, free from passion.
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Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
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It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
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Peace is more difficult than war.
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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
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We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition.
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When the looms spin by themselves, we'll have no need for slaves.
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