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Democritus Quote - Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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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 your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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