Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUSNature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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 man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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