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[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it

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Suppose, then, that all men were sick or deranged, save one or two of them who were healthy and of right mind. It would then be the latter two who would be thought to be sick and deranged and the former not!

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For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize... They were pursuing science in order to know, and not for any utilitarian end.

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Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.

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Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

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Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.

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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

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Happiness is at once the best, the noblest, and the pleasantest of things.

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People do not naturally become morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as the result of lifelong personal and community effort.

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Perception starts with the eye.

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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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A friend to all is a friend to none.

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Today, see if you can stretch your heart and expand your love so that it touches not only those to whom you can give it easily, but also to those who need it so much.

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Adventure is worthwhile.

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As our acts vary, our habits will follow in their course.

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And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention.

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Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.

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The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.

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Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.

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Every formed disposition of the soul realizes its full nature in relation to and dealing with that class of objects by which it is its nature to be corrupted or improved.

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