Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
DEMOCRITUSModeration multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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