It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
DEMOCRITUSNature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
More Democritus Quotes
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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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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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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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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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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