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.
DEMOCRITUSEducation is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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