Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
DEMOCRITUSImmoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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People 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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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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