By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
Democritus
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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.
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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