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To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.

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The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

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A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.

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The law is reason unaffected by desire.

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Art completes what nature cannot bring to finish. The artist gives us knowledge of nature's unrealized ends.

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If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own accord, could do the work that befits it... then there would be no need either of apprentices for the master workers or of slaves for the lords.

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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

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Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

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Perhaps here we have a clue to the reason why royal rule used to exist formerly, namely the difficulty of finding enough men of outstanding virtue.

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The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.

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True happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you're having is immediate gratification pleasure, which is fleeting and doesn't grow you as a person.

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The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor.

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Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.

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Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.

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No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

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Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities. The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts.

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Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result, one ought to pay attention to the undemonstrated assertions and opinions of experienced and older people, or of the prudent, no less than to demonstrations, for, because the have an experienced eye, they see correctly.

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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 well-being and health, again, the homestead should be airy in summer, and sunny in winter. A homestead possessing these qualities would be longer than it is deep; and its main front would face the south.

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Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

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