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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
Democritus
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
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A sensible man takes pleasure in what he has instead of pining for what he has not.
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And yet it will be obvious that it is difficult to really know of what sort each thing is.
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Not from fear but from a sense of duty refrain from your sins.
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We know nothing accurately in reality, but only as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon the body and impinge upon it.
Democritus