The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is 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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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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