Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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 word is the shadow of the deed.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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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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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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