Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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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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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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