Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
DEMOCRITUSThe sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
More Democritus Quotes
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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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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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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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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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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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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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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