Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
DEMOCRITUSHappiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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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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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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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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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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