Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
DEMOCRITUSThe wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
More Democritus Quotes
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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