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One Quotes by Josef Pieper
- Justice is a habit (habitus), whereby a man renders to each one his due with constant and perpetual will.
- No one can obtain felicity by pursuit. This explains why one of the elements of being happy is the feeling that a debt of gratitude…
- The happy man needs nothing and no one. Not that he holds himself aloof, for indeed he is in harmony with everything and everyone; everything…
- Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
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