Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
DEMOCRITUSDisease 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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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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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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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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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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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