Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
DEMOCRITUSOur sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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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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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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