Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
DEMOCRITUSSexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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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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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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