Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
DEMOCRITUSMen will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
More Democritus Quotes
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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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 his weaknesses.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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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 an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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