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Democritus Quote - To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.

To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.

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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
Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Attack Course Sex
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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Democracy Freedom Poverty Prefer Prosperity Slave
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Deep Desire Himself Hope Man Poor Rich
You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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Alone Deed Desire False Man True
More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Experience Men Motivational Nature Practice Work Hard
Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Breed Cattle Character Health Physical
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Battle Children Raise Reach Success Uncertain Worry
Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Explanation Inspirational Life Live One Liner Worth
Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Expectation Virtue Wrong
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
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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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Home Man One Liner Universe Wise
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Animal Man Need Philosophy
The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Deed One Liner Shadow Words
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Earth Father Man Wise

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