Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
DEMOCRITUSNature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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