Moral virtue is a mean. . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect;. … - Aristotle

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I have this theory - that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have.

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Moral virtue is a mean. . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect;. . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions. This is why it is a hard task to be good, for it is hard to find the middle point in anything.

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