Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
DEMOCRITUSIn a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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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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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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 brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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