Democritus

Men should strive to think much and know little.

— Democritus

The word is the shadow of the deed.

— Democritus

Soul and intellect are just the same things.

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

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Man is a universe in little [Microcosm].

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Nothing exists but atoms and the void.

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All things happen by virtue of necessity.

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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

— Democritus

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.

— Democritus

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. --Democritus

— Democritus

The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures

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“If thou sustain injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it”

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“[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.”

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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

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The good things of life are produced by learning with hard work; the bad are reaped of their own accord, without hard…

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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also his…

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

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We know nothing accurately in reality, but [only] as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things…

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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…

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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

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We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and…

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These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.

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

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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

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There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.

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It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.

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

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The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.

— Democritus

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

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The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe.

— Democritus

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

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“In verità nulla sappiamo, ché la verità è nell’abisso.”

— Democritus

To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.

— Democritus

Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.

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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

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

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

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