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Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise; and the effect is heightened when, at the same time, they follow as cause and effect. The tragic wonder will then be great than if they happened of themselves or by accident; for even coincidences are most striking when they have an air of design.

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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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We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue.

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The attainment of truth is then the function of both the intellectual parts of the soul. Therefore their respective virtues are those dispositions which will best qualify them to attain truth.

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Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.

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Intuition is the source of scientific knowledge.

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It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject admits

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A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed.

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...The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest.

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Everything necessarily is or is not, and will be or will not be; but one cannot divide and say that one or the other is necessary.I mean, for example: it is necessary for there to be or not to be a sea-battle tomorrow; but it is not necessary for a sea-battle to take place tomorrow, or for one not to take place--though it is necessary for one to take place or not to take place.

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Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.

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All men desire by nature to know.

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Fortune favours the bold.

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Laughter is a bodily exercise, precious to Health

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We make war that we may live in peace.

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The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself.

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All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

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Soul and body, I suggest react sympathetically upon each other. A change in the state of the soul produces a change in the shape of the body and conversely, a change in the shape of the body produces a change in the state of the soul.

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The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get.

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Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.

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