The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
DEMOCRITUSIf your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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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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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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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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