Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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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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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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