Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUSFortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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