The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
DEMOCRITUSThe man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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