Democritus

Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.

— Democritus

In a shared fish, there are no bones.

— Democritus

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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Word is a shadow of a deed.

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Life unexamined, is not worth living.

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The wise man’s home is the universe.

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

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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.

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

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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.

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Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.

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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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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but…

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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

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Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.

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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…

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Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist

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Happiness resides not in possessions and not in golds; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus

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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters…

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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and…

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“One will seem to promote virtue better by using encouragement and persuasion of speech than law and necessity. For it is likely…

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Moving in space, the atoms originally were individual units, but inevitable they began to collide with each other, and in cases where…

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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…

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Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These,…

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I am the most travelled of all my contemporaries; I have extended my field of enquiry wider than anybody else, I have…

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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…

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“Men achieve cheerfulness by moderation in pleasure and by proportion in their life excess and deficiency are apt to fluctuate and cause…

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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

— Democritus

Envy is the cause of political division.

— Democritus

The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.

— Democritus

“Accept nothing pleasant unless it is beneficial.”

— Democritus

The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.

— Democritus

Envy creates the beginning of strife.

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One should practice much sense, not much learning.

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The offender, who repents, is not yet lost.

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

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