Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
DEMOCRITUSThe wise man’s home is the universe.
More Democritus Quotes
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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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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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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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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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