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Democritus Quote - It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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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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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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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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If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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