It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
DEMOCRITUSReason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
More Democritus Quotes
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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