The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
DEMOCRITUSNothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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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.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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