Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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More Democritus Quotes
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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