The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
DEMOCRITUSHappiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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 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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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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