Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
DEMOCRITUSNo power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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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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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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