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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

Democritus

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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Children Excuse Greedy Human Nature People
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Extension Knowledge Power Treasure
Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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City Master Men Slave Women
Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Bottom Bury Nature Sea Snorkeling
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Doer Fake Man Unfortunate Wrong
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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Confidence Development Discourage Faith Laugh Negative Oneself People Person Root
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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Alone Deed Desire False Man True
Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Human Nature Knowledge Men Strive Thinking
It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Deep Destroy Error Judgment
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Intelligence Learning Men
Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Happiness Money Strength
Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Expectation Virtue Wrong
Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Cease Fools Men
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Brave Enemy Man Overcome Pleasure Strong
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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Choice Daughter Fortunate Man Son
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Chance Existence Fruit Necessity Science Universe

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