People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
DEMOCRITUSNothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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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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