Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
DEMOCRITUSAll things happen by virtue of necessity.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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