Democritus quotes

Repentance for one's evil deeds is the safeguard of life. (Democritus)
A life without a holiday is like a long journey without an inn to rest at.
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Word is a shadow of a deed.
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Strength and beauty are the blessings of youth; temperance, however, is the flower of old age.
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[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.
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Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly. (Democritus)
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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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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My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
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Man is a universe in little [Microcosm].
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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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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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss. (Democritus)
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. 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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Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity. For Chance rarely conflicts with intelligence, and most things in life can be set in order by an intelligent sharpsightedness.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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