Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
DEMOCRITUSEnvy creates the beginning of strife.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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