You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
DEMOCRITUSThe wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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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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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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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 brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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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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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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