It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
DEMOCRITUSPeople 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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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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