Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
DEMOCRITUSThe 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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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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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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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 animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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