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Democritus Quote - Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

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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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Brave Enemy Man Overcome Pleasure Strong
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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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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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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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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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Extension Knowledge Power Treasure
Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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