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.
DEMOCRITUSSexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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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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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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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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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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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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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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