No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
DEMOCRITUSTo speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
More Democritus Quotes
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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