The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
DEMOCRITUSThe wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
More Democritus Quotes
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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