I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
From Democritus
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Men should strive to think much and know little.
Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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