Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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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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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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