Men should strive to think much and know little.
DEMOCRITUSThe 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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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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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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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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