I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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