Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second 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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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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