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Democritus Quote - Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Honesty Man Slave Wealth
Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Fortune Luxury Man Meal Virtue
Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Necessity One Liner Science Virtue
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Deep Desire Himself Hope Man Poor Rich
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Console Injustice Suffering Unhappy
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Doer Fake Man Unfortunate Wrong
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Moderation Pain Pleasure Throw Wind
Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Moderation Pleasure
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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Confidence Development Discourage Faith Laugh Negative Oneself People Person Root
Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Desire Goodness Intention Wisdom Wrong
More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Deed Deep Goodness Remember Sin
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Earth Father Man Wise
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Dwell Gold Happiness Possession Soul
Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Beginning Creation Envy One Liner
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Extension Knowledge Power Treasure
Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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Children Excuse Greedy Human Nature People
The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Home Man One Liner Universe Wise

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