Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
DEMOCRITUSEverything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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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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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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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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