You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
DEMOCRITUSVirtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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