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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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A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions.

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The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.

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A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.

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Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.

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If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.

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To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

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Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes.

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The gods too are fond of a joke.

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Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

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Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.

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Not to get what you have set your heart on is almost as bad as getting nothing at all.

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The hardest victory is the victory over self.

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Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be.

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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

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Happiness is a state of activity.

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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

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Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.

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Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends [mathematics] has been able to arise in Egypt, the priestly caste there having the leisure necessary for disinterested research.

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[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.

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