Thus then a single harmony orders the composition of the whole...by the mingling of the most contrary principles.
AristotleThe vices respectively fall short of or exceed what is right in both passions and actions, while virtue both finds and chooses that which is intermediate.
AristotleNow the greatest external good we should assume to be the thing which we offer as a tribute to the gods, and which is most coveted by men of high station, and is the prize awarded for the noblest deeds; and such a thing is honor, for honor is clearly the greatest of external goods.
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