Democritus

One should practice much sense, not much learning.

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

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The offender, who repents, is not yet lost.

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Soul and intellect are just the same things.

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Men should strive to think much and know little.

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The word is the shadow of the deed.

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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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Poor mind, from the senses you take your arguments, and then want to defeat them? Your victory is your defeat.

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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the…

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According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an…

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Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity. For Chance rarely conflicts with intelligence, and most…

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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

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The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the…

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

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

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

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

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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

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

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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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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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Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.

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Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

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We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.

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Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

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More men have become great through practice than by nature.

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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.

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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.

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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

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

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