It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
DEMOCRITUSEverything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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