Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
DEMOCRITUSEducation is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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