The soul never thinks without a mental picture.
ARISTOTLEPoetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
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We make war that we may live in peace.
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He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
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Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
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Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
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Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.
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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
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Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.
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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Hope is a waking dream.
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The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
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Happiness is a state of activity.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
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A friend is a second self.
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If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
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Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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