Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
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I have gained this by philosophy that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
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Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
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With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.
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Philosophy can make people sick.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
