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And
things which are easy of accomplishment, for being easy they are possible; such
things are those in which all, or most men, or those who are equals or inferiors
have been successful. And things whereby they will gratify friends or incur the
hatred of enemies. And all things that those whom they admire deliberately
choose to do. And those things in regard to which they are clever naturally or
by experience; for they hope to be more easily successful in them. And things
which no worthless man would approve, for that makes them the more commendable.
And things which they happen to desire, for such things seem not only agreeable,
but also better.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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