Life unexamined, is not worth living.
DEMOCRITUSTo a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
More Democritus Quotes
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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