Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
DEMOCRITUSEnvy creates the beginning of strife.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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