Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
DEMOCRITUSRaising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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