Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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