Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members, but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be composed of slaves or the animal creation... nor is it an alliance mutually to defend each other from injuries or for a commercial intercourse. But whosoever endeavors to establish wholesome laws in a state attends to the virtues and vices of each individual who composes it, from whence it is evident that the first care of him who would found a city truly deserving that name and not nominally so must be to have his citizens virtuous.

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Between friends there is no need of justice.

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What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

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