Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
DEMOCRITUSMy enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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