One should practice much sense, not much learning.
DEMOCRITUSImmoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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