I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
DEMOCRITUSPoverty 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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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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