Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
DEMOCRITUSThe wise man’s home is the universe.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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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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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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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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