Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
DEMOCRITUSDo not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Life 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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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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