Men should strive to think much and know little.
DEMOCRITUSThe wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
More Democritus Quotes
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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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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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The 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.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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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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