Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
DEMOCRITUSLife unexamined, is not worth living.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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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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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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