Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
DEMOCRITUSThe brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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