To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
DEMOCRITUSThe 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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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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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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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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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