Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
DEMOCRITUSThe pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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