All things happen by virtue of necessity.
DEMOCRITUSGood breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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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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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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