Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
DEMOCRITUSReason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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