Men should strive to think much and know little.
DEMOCRITUSEverywhere 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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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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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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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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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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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