If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
DEMOCRITUSYou 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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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