Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
DEMOCRITUSNature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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