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Democritus Quote - By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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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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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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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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