Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
DEMOCRITUSNo power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
More Democritus Quotes
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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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 man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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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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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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