Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
DEMOCRITUSNature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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 brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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