Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
DEMOCRITUSRaising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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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 wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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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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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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