Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
DEMOCRITUSNo power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
More Democritus Quotes
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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