Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
DEMOCRITUSOne should practice much sense, not much learning.
More Democritus Quotes
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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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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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 wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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