One should practice much sense, not much learning.
DEMOCRITUSOur sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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