One should practice much sense, not much learning.
DEMOCRITUSSome men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
More Democritus Quotes
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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