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Democritus Quote - To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Moderation Pain Pleasure Throw Wind
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Children Desire Man Moderation
Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Bottom Bury Nature Sea Snorkeling
Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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City Master Men Slave Women
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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Alone Deed Desire False Man True
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Body Disease Freedom Healing Medicine Passion Positive Soul Wisdom
The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Honesty Man Slave Wealth
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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Children Excuse Greedy Human Nature People
The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Bitter Excess Life Relationship Sweet
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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Democracy Freedom Poverty Prefer Prosperity Slave
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Console Injustice Suffering Unhappy
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Brave Enemy Man Overcome Pleasure Strong
Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Moderation Pleasure
Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Body Disease Home Life
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Atom Empty Existence Opinion Philosophy Space
Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Cease Fools Men

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