Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
DEMOCRITUSGood breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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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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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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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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