To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
DEMOCRITUSHappiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
More Democritus Quotes
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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