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

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

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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Cause Discover Gain Kingdom True
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Greedy Human Nature Listen Talk Want
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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Blame Character Echo Fate Man Mistake Nature Passion Weakness
Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Cease Fools Men
The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Deed One Liner Shadow Words
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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Children Excuse Greedy Human Nature People
Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Creation Education Man Nature Similar Transformation
Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Human Nature Knowledge Men Strive Thinking
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Animal Man Need Philosophy
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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Desire Equivalent Inspirational Poverty Wealth
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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Democracy Freedom Poverty Prefer Prosperity Slave
Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Expectation Virtue Wrong
In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Bone Fish One Liner Partnership Share Team Work
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Deed Deep Goodness Remember Sin
It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Deep Destroy Error Judgment
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Country Greatness Home Man Soul Wise World

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