The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
DEMOCRITUSTo a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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