If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
DEMOCRITUSTo speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
More Democritus Quotes
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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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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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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