Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
DEMOCRITUSImmoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
DEMOCRITUSIt is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
DEMOCRITUSNature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
DEMOCRITUSHope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
DEMOCRITUSDisease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
DEMOCRITUSEverywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
DEMOCRITUSThe wise man’s home is the universe.
DEMOCRITUSAll things happen by virtue of necessity.
DEMOCRITUSIt is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
DEMOCRITUSModeration multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
DEMOCRITUSMen will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
DEMOCRITUSSexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
DEMOCRITUSThe sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
DEMOCRITUSDo not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
DEMOCRITUSMen should strive to think much and know little.
DEMOCRITUSEnvy creates the beginning of strife.
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