Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
DEMOCRITUSIn a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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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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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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People 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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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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