Envy creates the beginning of strife.
DEMOCRITUSLife unexamined, is not worth living.
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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