By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
DEMOCRITUSLife unexamined, is not worth living.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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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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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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