Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
More Democritus Quotes
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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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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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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