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but we must make use of metaphors and epithets
that are appropriate. This will be secured by observing due proportion;
otherwise there will be a lack of propriety, because it is when placed in
juxtaposition that contraries are most evident. We must consider, as a red cloak
suits a young man, what suits an old one;
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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