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ARISTOTLE

ἄρχη ἄνδρα δείξει.

Rule will prove the man.

Nichomachean Ethics 5, 1, 16

ἄνθρωπος φύσει ζώον πολιτικόν.

Man is by nature a civic creature.

Politics 1, 2

ἡ εὐδαιμονία τῶν αὐτάρκων ἔστι.

Happiness belongs to those who are contented.

οἱ γὰρ πολλοὶ μᾶλλον ὀρέγονται τοῦ κέρδους ἢ τῆς τιμῆς.

The multitude grasp at gain more than at honour.

τοῖς διὰ φύσιν αἰσχροῖς οὐδεὶς ἐπιτιμᾷ.

No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature.

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