The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
DEMOCRITUSEnvy creates the beginning of strife.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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