By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
DEMOCRITUSMany much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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