The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
DEMOCRITUSAll things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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