It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
DEMOCRITUSOur sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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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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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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