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Democritus Quote - The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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