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In inventing a model we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities.

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For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement of the greater is quicker than that of the less, just as the downward movement of a mass of gold or lead, or of any other body endowed with weight, is quicker in proportion to its size.

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The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

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1 is not prime, by definition. 2 is an unnatural prime, 4 is an unnatural prime, and 6 is an unnatural prime. All other natural primes cannot be unnatural primes.

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The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.

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. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

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Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

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Education is the best provision for old age.

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For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not

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Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.

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Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man. But the principle of responsibility secures that which is the greatest good in states; the right persons rule and are prevented from doing wrong, and the people have their due. It is evident that this is the best kind of democracy, and why? because the people are drawn from a certain class.

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Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

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For we do not think that we know a thing until we are acquainted with its primary conditions or first principles, and have carried our analysis as far as its simplest elements.

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The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

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Friendship is essentially a partnership.

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Also, that which is desirable in itself is more desirable than what is desirable per accidens.

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All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.

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A friend is a second self.

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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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Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.

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