If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
DEMOCRITUSThe wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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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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