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Democritus Quote - The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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