Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
DEMOCRITUSMen should strive to think much and know little.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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’s home is the universe.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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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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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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