Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
DEMOCRITUSMedicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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