Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
DEMOCRITUSThe 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.
More Democritus Quotes
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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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