Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
DEMOCRITUSHappiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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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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