Life unexamined, is not worth living.
DEMOCRITUSIt is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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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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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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