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Quotation from Rhetoric by Aristotle
“They have exalted notions, because they have not yet been humbled by life or learnt its necessary limitations”
Rhetoric, Book II, Ch. 12, trans. W. Rhys Roberts (1924)
From Aristotle's sketch of the character of the young, written to help speakers adapt to their hearers.
Citation: "They have exalted notions, because they have not yet been humbled by life or learnt its necessary limitations" — Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book II, Ch. 12, trans. W. Rhys Roberts (1924). (id aristotle-rhetoric-q9)
