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Democritus Quote - Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Children Desire Man Moderation
Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Bottom Bury Nature Sea Snorkeling
Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Human Nature Knowledge Men Strive Thinking
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Deep Desire Himself Hope Man Poor Rich
It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Deep Destroy Error Judgment
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
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
Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Fortune Luxury Man Meal Virtue
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 sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Bitter Excess Life Relationship Sweet
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Enemy Man Philosophy Wrong
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
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
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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Children Excuse Greedy Human Nature People
Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Beginning Creation Envy One Liner
Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Moderation Pleasure
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 man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Honesty Man Slave Wealth
Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Cease Fools Men
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
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Dwell Gold Happiness Possession Soul
To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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She Speak Woman
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
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Deed Deep Goodness Remember Sin
All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Necessity One Liner Science Virtue
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Animal Man Need Philosophy

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