The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
DEMOCRITUSIf your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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