The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
DEMOCRITUSGood breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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 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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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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