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

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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.

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

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

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

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies

With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.

With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.

The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often...

The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often...