Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
DEMOCRITUSAll things happen by virtue of necessity.
More Democritus Quotes
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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