Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
DEMOCRITUSNature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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