All Democritus Quotes
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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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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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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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.
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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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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.
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