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Democritus Quote - By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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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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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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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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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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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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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