In Part, Art Completes What Nature Cannot

Accordingly, The Poet Should Prefer Probable Impossibilities To Improbable Possibilities. The Tragic Plot Must Not Be Composed Of Irrational Parts.

He Who Cannot Be A Good Follower Cannot Be A Good Leader.

Mothers Are Fonder Than Fathers Of Their Children Because They Are More Certain They Are Their Own.

Inasmuch As Every Family Is A Part Of A State, And These Relationships Are The Parts Of A Family, And The Virtue Of The Part Must Have Regard To The Virtue Of The Whole, Women And Children Must Be Trained By Education With An Eye To The Constitution, If The Virtues Of Either Of Them Are Supposed To Make Any Difference In The Virtues Of The State. And They Must Make A Difference: For The Children Grow Up To Be Citizens, And Half The Free Persons In A State Are Women.

Self-sufficiency Is Both A Good And An Absolute Good.