Envy creates the beginning of strife.
DEMOCRITUSThe brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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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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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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 wise man’s home is the universe.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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