In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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