Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Quote by Aristotle

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Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Bad men are full of repentance.

Bad men are full of repentance.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

The law is reason free from passion

The law is reason free from passion

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its...

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its...

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos