More men have become great through practice than by nature.
DEMOCRITUSTo a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
More Democritus Quotes
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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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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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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