Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
DEMOCRITUSTo a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
More Democritus Quotes
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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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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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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