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Democritus Quote - Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Education 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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Anger Control Fight Hard Inspirational Man Prudent
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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Confidence Development Discourage Faith Laugh Negative Oneself People Person Root
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Beginning Gain Hope Ill Loss One Liner
Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Learning Practice Sense
Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Fortune Luxury Man Meal Virtue
To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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She Speak Woman
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Deep Desire Himself Hope Man Poor Rich
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Intellectual One Liner Philosophy Soul
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Battle Children Raise Reach Success Uncertain Worry
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Dwell Gold Happiness Possession Soul
Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Breed Cattle Character Health Physical
All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Necessity One Liner Science Virtue
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Earth Father Man Wise
Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Expectation Virtue Wrong
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Men Prudent Trust Worth
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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Alone Deed Desire False Man True
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Moderation Pain Pleasure Throw Wind
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Country Greatness Home Man Soul Wise World
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Brave Enemy Man Overcome Pleasure Strong
Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Desire Goodness Intention Wisdom Wrong
The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Bitter Excess Life Relationship Sweet
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Deed Deep Goodness Remember Sin
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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Desire Equivalent Inspirational Poverty Wealth
Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Body Disease Home Life
Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Human Nature Knowledge Men Strive Thinking
Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Attack Course Sex

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