By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
DEMOCRITUSOur sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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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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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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