You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
DEMOCRITUSHope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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