Men should strive to think much and know little.
DEMOCRITUSEducation is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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