Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
DEMOCRITUSNature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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