Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
DEMOCRITUSModeration multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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 man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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