Superior virtue must be the fruit of superior intelligence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate.
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
Elegance is inferior to virtue.
Virtue can only flourish among equals.
Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
The object of the superior man is truth.
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
Virtue is harmony.
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.