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Accordingly, when we know what we ought to do and the qualities we
ought to possess, we ought to make a change in the phrase and turn it, employing
this knowledge as a suggestion. For instance, the statement that “one
ought not to pride oneself on goods which are due to fortune, but on those which
are due to oneself alone,” when expressed in this way, has the force
of a suggestion; but expressed thus, “he was proud, not of goods which
were due to fortune, but of those which were due to himself alone,” it
becomes praise. Accordingly, if you desire to praise, look what you would
suggest; if you desire to suggest, look what you would praise.
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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