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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Body Disease Freedom Healing Medicine Passion Positive Soul Wisdom
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Atom Empty Existence Opinion Philosophy Space
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Intellectual One Liner Philosophy Soul
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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Control Desire Fight Man Reason
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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Confidence Development Discourage Faith Laugh Negative Oneself People Person Root
Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Gold Powerful Reason
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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Democracy Freedom Poverty Prefer Prosperity Slave
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Deep Desire Himself Hope Man Poor Rich
More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Experience Men Motivational Nature Practice Work Hard
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Children Desire Man Moderation
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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Blame Character Echo Fate Man Mistake Nature Passion Weakness
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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Alone Deed Desire False Man True
Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Cease Fools Men
Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Desire Goodness Intention Wisdom Wrong
Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Creation Education Man Nature Similar Transformation
Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Body Disease Home Life
The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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Age Beauty Pride Strength Youth
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Doer Fake Man Unfortunate Wrong
Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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City Master Men Slave Women
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Dwell Gold Happiness Possession Soul
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Console Injustice Suffering Unhappy
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Men Prudent Trust Worth
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Earth Father Man Wise
Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Bottom Bury Nature Sea Snorkeling
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Animal Man Need Philosophy
The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Honesty Man Slave Wealth
Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Anger Control Fight Hard Inspirational Man Prudent

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