Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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