Greek - Philosopher | 384 BC - 322 BC
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
Aristotle
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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
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The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
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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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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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The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition.
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
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He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.
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Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
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The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
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We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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