The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
DEMOCRITUSTo a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
More Democritus Quotes
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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