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Democritus Quote - Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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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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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
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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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