Good moral character is not ...

Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.
Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Change in all things is sweet.
Well begun is half done.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.