If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
DEMOCRITUSHappiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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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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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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