Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
DEMOCRITUSBy desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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