The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
DEMOCRITUSI would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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