Variant: That which is really beautiful has no need of anything. Book IV
Nothing is more uncommon than a very large or a very small man; and this applies generally to all extremes, whether of great and small, or swift and slow, or fair and foul, or black and white; and whether the instances you select be man or dogs or anything else, few are the extremes,but many are in the mean between them. The Trials Of Socrates
“Where there is equality, there can be sanity.” 1984
"You're a bitter man," said Candide. "That's because I've lived," said Martin. Candide
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