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Democritus Quote - Men should strive to think much and know little.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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