Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
More Democritus Quotes
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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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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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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