It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
DEMOCRITUSEnvy creates the beginning of strife.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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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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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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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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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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