To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
DEMOCRITUSTis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
More Democritus Quotes
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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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 word is the shadow of the deed.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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