The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
DEMOCRITUSThe pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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