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Democritus Quote - Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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