The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
DEMOCRITUSGood breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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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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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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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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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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