Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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 wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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