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" But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul. "

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" The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. "

" The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. "

" 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. "

" No one loves the man whom he fears. "

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" Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him. "

" What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions. "

" The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. "

" Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. "

" The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. "

" The soul never thinks without a picture. "

" I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. "

" A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. "

" Well begun is half done. "

" Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. "

" 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. "

" Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal. "

" It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. "

" To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world. "

" There is no great genius without some touch of madness. "

" Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, 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. "

" The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition. "

" Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile. "

" At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. "

" Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. "

" If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. "

" The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. "

" Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season. "