Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
DEMOCRITUSReason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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 wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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