Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
DEMOCRITUSMen should strive to think much and know little.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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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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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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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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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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