The word is the shadow of the deed.
DEMOCRITUSYou 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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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