Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
DEMOCRITUSIt is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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