Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
DEMOCRITUSTo a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
More Democritus Quotes
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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