Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
DEMOCRITUSAll things happen by virtue of necessity.
More Democritus Quotes
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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