Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
DEMOCRITUSMore men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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