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As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.

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In inventing a model we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities.

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The law is reason, free from passion.

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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

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...the life which is best for men, both separately, as individuals, and in the mass, as states, is the life which has virtue sufficiently supported by material resources to facilitate participation in the actions that virtue calls for.

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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.

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It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.

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Of governments there are said to be only two forms - democracy and oligarchy. For aristocracy is considered to be a kind of oligarchy, as being the rule of a few, and the so-called constitutional government to be really a democracy.

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They who are to be judges must also be performers.

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The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

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A friend is another I.

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The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.

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

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It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man, or a bad man defrauded a good man, or whether a good or bad man has committed adultery: the law can look only to the amount of damage done.

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The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep.

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The light of the day is followed by night, as a shadow follows a body.

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We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

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Equity is that idea of justice which contravenes the written law.

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Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

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There are, then, these three means of effecting persuasion. The man who is to be in command of them must, it is clear, be able (1) to reason logically, (2) to understand human character and goodness in their various forms, and (3) to understand the emotions--that is, to name them and describe them, to know their causes and the way in which they are excited.

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