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Democritus Quotes
"The good person does not only avoid what is forbidden, but also desires nothing that is forbidden"
"Good means not merely not to do wrong but rather not to desire to do wrong"
"To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland."
"If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you."
"Extravagance is its own destruction."
"Poverty in democracy is as much to be preferred to so-called prosperity under despots, as freedom to slavery."
"A man must stand by his words as solidly as by his laws."
"Courage marks a man out even better than physical strength."
"Medicine heals diseases of the body wisdom frees the soul from passions."
"Moderation multiplies pleasures and increases pleasure."
"It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others."
"Good means not merely not to do wrong but rather not to desire to do wrong."
"Though you are poor, do not behave in a servile manner"
"The more you say, the less people remember"
"Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss"
"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one"
"By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich"
"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion"
"It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man"
"Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry"
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