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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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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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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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