It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
DEMOCRITUSI would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
More Democritus Quotes
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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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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