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Democritus Quote - Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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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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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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