You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
DEMOCRITUSPeople 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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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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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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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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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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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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