Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
DEMOCRITUSHope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
DEMOCRITUSSexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
DEMOCRITUSNothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
DEMOCRITUSIf thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
DEMOCRITUSGood means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
DEMOCRITUSRaising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
DEMOCRITUSThe brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
DEMOCRITUSPeople sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
DEMOCRITUSIn a shared fish, there are no bones.
DEMOCRITUSThe word is the shadow of the deed.
DEMOCRITUSDisease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
DEMOCRITUSOur sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
DEMOCRITUSI would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
DEMOCRITUSNature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
DEMOCRITUSMany much-learned men have no intelligence.
DEMOCRITUSMedicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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