Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
DEMOCRITUSEverywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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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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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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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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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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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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