The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
DEMOCRITUSThe animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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 greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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