Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
DEMOCRITUSThe sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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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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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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