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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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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Deed Deep Goodness Remember Sin
Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Cease Fools Men
Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Expectation Virtue Wrong
Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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Democracy Freedom Poverty Prefer Prosperity Slave
Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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City Master Men Slave Women
It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Deep Destroy Error Judgment
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Enemy Man Philosophy Wrong
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Earth Father Man Wise
Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Human Nature Knowledge Men Strive Thinking
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
To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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She Speak Woman
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Greedy Human Nature Listen Talk Want
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
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 man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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Choice Daughter Fortunate Man Son
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Extension Knowledge Power Treasure

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