Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
DEMOCRITUSPoverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
More Democritus Quotes
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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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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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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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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