Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
DEMOCRITUSNothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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