By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
DEMOCRITUSThe man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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 wise man’s home is the universe.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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