Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
DEMOCRITUSThe wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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 pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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 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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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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