Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
DEMOCRITUSMany much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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