Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
DEMOCRITUSMy enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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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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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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