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Melancholy Men, Of All Others, Are The Most Witty.

It Is Through Wonder That Men Now Begin And Originally Began To Philosophize; Wondering In The First Place At Obvious Perplexities, And Then By Gradual Progression Raising Questions About The Greater Matters Too.

A Tragedy Is The Imitation Of An Action That Is Serious And Also, As Having Magnitude, Complete In Itself . . . With Incidents Arousing Pity And Fear, Wherewith To Accomplish Its Catharsis Of Such Emotions.

A Body In Motion Can Maintain This Motion Only If It Remains In Contact With A Mover.

Meanness Is Incurable; It Cannot Be Cured By Old Age, Or By Anything Else.