Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
DEMOCRITUSAll things happen by virtue of necessity.
More Democritus Quotes
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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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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