Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
DEMOCRITUSMany much-learned men have no intelligence.
DEMOCRITUSThe sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
DEMOCRITUSThe wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
DEMOCRITUSThe man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
DEMOCRITUSGood breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
DEMOCRITUSNature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
DEMOCRITUSEverything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
DEMOCRITUSEducation is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
DEMOCRITUSGood means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
DEMOCRITUSRaising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
DEMOCRITUSFortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUSNo power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
DEMOCRITUSThe word is the shadow of the deed.
DEMOCRITUSNothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
DEMOCRITUSIt is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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