Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
DEMOCRITUSHappiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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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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