You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
DEMOCRITUSSexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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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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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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