Life unexamined, is not worth living.
DEMOCRITUSEducation is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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