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When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence. – Aristotle
A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. – Aristotle
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. – Aristotle
PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION. – Aristotle
That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable. – Aristotle
If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will not produce the essential tragic effect nearly so well as with a play which, however deficient in these... ... – Aristotle
With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible. – Aristotle
Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder. – Aristotle
Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities. The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts. – Aristotle
So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom. – Aristotle 