Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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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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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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