It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and seen what manner of man he was made to be, in the full perfection of bodily strength and beauty. But these glories are withheld from him who is guilty of self-neglect, for they are not wont to blaze forth unbidden.
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By the way, a question is sometimes raised, whether the moral choice or the actions have most to do with Virtue, since it consists in both: it is plain that the perfection of virtuous action requires both: but for the actions many things are required, and the greater and more numerous they are the more.
Moral / perfection / virtue
You are boys, your God is a woman. If you are women, your God is a boy. If you are men, your God is a maiden. The God is where you are not. So: it is wise that one has a God; this serves for your perfection. A maiden is the pregnant future. A boy is the engendering future. A woman is: having given birth. A man is: having engendered.
God / Men / perfection / women
The means of obtaining as much variety as possible, but with the greatest possible order…is the means of obtaining as much perfection as possible.
order / perfection / variety
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.
education / Hope / perfection