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Democritus Quote - The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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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 wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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