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" A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end. "
Aristotle
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" Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. "
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" He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. "
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" A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements that are so. "
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" The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth. Hence the man who makes a good guess at truth is likely to make a good guess at probabilities. "
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" Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. "
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" In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies. "
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" Law is mind without reason. "
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" A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. "
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" Most people would rather give than get affection. "
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" Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. "
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" Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. "
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" At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. "
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" Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. "
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" Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. "
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" There is no great genius without some touch of madness. "
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" Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. "
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