No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
DEMOCRITUSBy desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
More Democritus Quotes
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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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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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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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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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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