We, on the other hand, must take for granted that the things that exist by nature are, either all or some of them, in motion.

Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.

Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.

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

So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.

We make war that we may live in peace.