Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
DEMOCRITUSFortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
DEMOCRITUSDo not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUSMy enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
DEMOCRITUSSexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
DEMOCRITUSIt is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
DEMOCRITUSEverything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
DEMOCRITUSReason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
DEMOCRITUSMore men have become great through practice than by nature.
DEMOCRITUSThe animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
DEMOCRITUSSome men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
DEMOCRITUSPeople 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.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUSThe word is the shadow of the deed.
DEMOCRITUSDisease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
DEMOCRITUSEnvy creates the beginning of strife.
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