Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
DEMOCRITUSSexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
More Democritus Quotes
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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