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• Soul and intellect are just the same things.

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  Soul, Intellect

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• One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities.

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  Wise, Men, Differences

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• There are innumerable worlds of different sizes. In some there is neither sun not moon, in others they are larger than in ours and others have more than one. These worlds are at irregular distances, more in one direction and less in another, and some are flourishing, others declining. Here they come into being, there they die, and they are distroyed by collision with one another. Some of the worlds have no animal or vegetable life nor any water.

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  Distance, Animal, Moon

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• I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

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  Gains, Causes, Kingdoms

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• Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.

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  Anger, Fighting, Men

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• Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

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  Education, Ornaments, Unfortunate

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 161), 1948.

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• It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.

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  Happiness, Beautiful, Thinking

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• By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention color is color. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.

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  Sweet, Truth, Real

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

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• Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity. For Chance rarely conflicts with intelligence, and most things in life can be set in order by an intelligent sharpsightedness.

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  Men, Intelligent, Order

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 155), 1948.

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• Word is a shadow of a deed.

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  Shadow, Deeds

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• Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

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  Good Luck, Men, Gambling

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

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• If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.

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  Suffering, Injustice, Unhappiness

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• If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.

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  Contentment, Deeds, Knows

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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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  Inspirational, Education, Nature

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• Nature . . . has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.

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  Truth, Sea, Buried

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• Nothing exists but atoms and the void.

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  Atoms, Void

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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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  Daughter, Mother, Son

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 169), 1948.

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• Virtue isn't not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.

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  Forgiveness, Wish, Virtue

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• Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

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  Moderation, Pleasure, Increase

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 163), 1948.

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• Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

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  Character, Men, Breeding

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 151), 1948.

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• The offender, who repents, is not yet lost.

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  Lost, Repent, Offenders

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• Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

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  Trust, Silly, Men

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• Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.

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  Beautiful, Ugly Things, Effort

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 161), 1948.

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• Coition is a slight attack of apoplexy. For man gushes forth from man, and is separated by being torn apart with a kind of blow.

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  Blow, Men, Torn Apart

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 150), 1948.

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• To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

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  Wise, Men, Good Man

  "History of Philosophy" by F. Uberweg, New York, vol. 1, (p. 71), 1871.

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