If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
DEMOCRITUSGood breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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