Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
DEMOCRITUSThe brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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