Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
DEMOCRITUSMen will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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