Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
DEMOCRITUSVirtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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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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