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Democritus Quote - The word is the shadow of the deed.

The word is the shadow of the deed.

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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
DEMOCRITUS

Moderation Pleasure
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Country Greatness Home Man Soul Wise World
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
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Children Desire Man Moderation
Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Fortune Luxury Man Meal Virtue
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
Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Human Nature Knowledge Men Strive Thinking
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Beginning Gain Hope Ill Loss One Liner
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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Choice Daughter Fortunate Man Son
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Brave Enemy Man Overcome Pleasure Strong
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
Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Breed Cattle Character Health Physical
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Earth Father Man Wise
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
More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Experience Men Motivational Nature Practice Work Hard
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

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