The word is the shadow of the deed.
DEMOCRITUSYou can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
More Democritus Quotes
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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