The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
DEMOCRITUSThe brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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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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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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