Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
DEMOCRITUSSoul and intellect are just the same things.
More Democritus Quotes
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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