One should practice much sense, not much learning.
DEMOCRITUSIf thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
More Democritus Quotes
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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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 a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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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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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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