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.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
More Democritus Quotes
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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