Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
DEMOCRITUSMy enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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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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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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