Some vices miss what is right because they are deficient, others
because they are excessive, in feelings or in actions, while virtue
finds and chooses the mean.
-- Aristotle,
"Nichomachean Ethics", Datalinks
because they are excessive, in feelings or in actions, while virtue
finds and chooses the mean.
-- Aristotle,
"Nichomachean Ethics", Datalinks
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