Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
DEMOCRITUSMen should strive to think much and know little.
More Democritus Quotes
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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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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People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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