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

— Democritus Freeman (1948)

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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

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

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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

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