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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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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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Confidence Development Discourage Faith Laugh Negative Oneself People Person Root
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Atom Empty Existence Opinion Philosophy Space
Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Expectation Virtue Wrong
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Country Greatness Home Man Soul Wise World
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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Alone Deed Desire False Man True
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Deed Deep Goodness Remember Sin
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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Children Excuse Greedy Human Nature People
Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Happiness Money Strength
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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Democracy Freedom Poverty Prefer Prosperity Slave
Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Breed Cattle Character Health Physical
Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Fortune Luxury Man Meal Virtue
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Animal Man Need Philosophy
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Intellectual One Liner Philosophy Soul
Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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City Master Men Slave Women
One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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