The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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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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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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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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