Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
DEMOCRITUSSoul and intellect are just the same things.
More Democritus Quotes
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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