The word is the shadow of the deed.
DEMOCRITUSReason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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