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Democritus Quote - Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

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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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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