Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
DEMOCRITUSMen will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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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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