Men should strive to think much and know little.
DEMOCRITUSNothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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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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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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