The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
DEMOCRITUSMore men have become great through practice than by nature.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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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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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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