If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
DEMOCRITUSThe wise man’s home is the universe.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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