The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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