Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
DEMOCRITUSDisease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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