Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
DEMOCRITUSEducation is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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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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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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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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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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