Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
DEMOCRITUSIn a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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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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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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