Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
DEMOCRITUSIf thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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