Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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