One should practice much sense, not much learning.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
More Democritus Quotes
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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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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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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