The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
More Democritus Quotes
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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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