Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
DEMOCRITUSThe wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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