It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.
AristotleIn the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although mankind fail in attaining them, as indeed I have already explained. Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
AristotlePeople of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.
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