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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity. - [Chance : Necessity] Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss. - [Hope] If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it. - [Injustice] Nature . . . has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea. - quoted by Cicero "Academic Questions", bk. II, ch. X (C.D. Yonge's translation), credited to Democritus by Lactantius "Institutiones", bk. III, ch. XXVIII [Truth] Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. - [Existence] 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. - [Impossibility] Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. - [Children] Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. - [Moderation] To do all the talking and not be willing to listen is a form of greed. - [Greed] To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire. - [Women]
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