Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
DEMOCRITUSThe man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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