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Democritus Quote - Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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