Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
DEMOCRITUSVirtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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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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