Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
DEMOCRITUSSexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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