Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUSMy enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
More Democritus Quotes
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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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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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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