Some vices miss what is right because they are deficient, others becau…

Aristotle
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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, Terence Irwin, Gail Fine (1995). Aristotle: Selections, p.373, Hackett Publishing
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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, Terence Irwin, Gail Fine (1995). Aristotle: Selections, p.373, Hackett Publishing

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