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Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles. - Politics (bk. VII, ch. IV) [Revolution] Man is by nature a civic animal. - Politics (I, 2) [Politics] 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. - Rhetoric (bk. I, ch. 2) [Persuasion] There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of barrenness. - Rhetoric (II, 15, par. III) [Life] Displaying page 7 of 7 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7]
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