Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
More Democritus Quotes
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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