No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
DEMOCRITUSBy desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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