It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
DEMOCRITUSThe wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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