Democritus Quotes
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.
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Man is a universe in little [Microcosm].
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It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
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Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.
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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention color is color. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.
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Nothing exists but atoms and the void.
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The offender, who repents, is not yet lost.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Word is a shadow of a deed.
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It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
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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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Poor mind, from the senses you take your arguments, and then want to defeat them? Your victory is your defeat.
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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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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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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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