More men have become great through practice than by nature.
DEMOCRITUSHappiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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 person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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