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 1  IV,  3 |            deserts be small but his claims yet smaller. And the man
 2  IV,  3 |             of the greatness of his claims, but a mean in respect of
 3  IV,  3 |           rightness of them; for he claims what is accordance with
 4  IV,  3 |           If, then, he deserves and claims great things, and above
 5  IV,  3 |     comparison with the proud man’s claims. The vain man goes to excess
 6  IV,  3 |          not exceed the proud man’s claims.~Now the proud man, since
 7  IV,  3 |           justified in making great claims nor entitled to the name
 8  IV,  7 |          words and deeds and in the claims they put forward. The boastful
 9  IV,  7 | exaggerations are wearisome.~He who claims more than he has with no
10 VIII,  9|          truly friendships. And the claims of justice differ too; the
11  IX,  2 |     appropriate, and to compare the claims of each class with respect