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...in this way the structure of the universe- I mean, of the heavens and the earth and the whole world- was arranged by one harmony through the blending of the most opposite principles.

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A democracy when put to the strain grows weak, and is supplanted by Oligarchy.

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For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen than the greater. .

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

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Wit is well-bred insolence.

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We are what we frequently do.

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No democracy can exist unless each of its citizens is as capable of outrage at injustice to another as he is of outrage at unjustice to himself.

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But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.

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If, therefore, there is any one superior in virtue and in the power of performing the best actions, him we ought to follow and obey, but he must have the capacity for action as well as virtue.

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We can't learn without pain.

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As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.

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The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.

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It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.

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In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in small matters; for transgression creeps in unperceived and at last ruins the state, just as the constant recurrence of small expenses in time eats up a fortune.

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The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five.

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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.

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It is a part of probability that many improbable things will happen.

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Injustice results as much from treating unequals equally as from treating equals unequally.

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There is nothing unequal as the equal treatment of unequals.

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