Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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