Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
DEMOCRITUSMany much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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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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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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