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Democritus Quote - Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.

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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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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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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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Moderation Pain Pleasure Throw Wind
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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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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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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