Democritus Quotes

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Profession:Greek philosopher

Born:460 BC, Abdera, Greece

Died:Greece

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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Moderation Pain Pleasure Throw Wind
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Deep Desire Hope Man Poor Rich
Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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City Master Men Slave Women
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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Control Desire Fight Man Reason
The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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Honesty Man Slave Wealth
Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Desire Goodness Intention Wisdom Wrong
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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Doer Fake Man Unfortunate Wrong
The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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Bitter Excess Life Relationship Sweet
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Intelligence Learning Men
Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Beginning Creation Envy

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