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• The wise man’s home is the universe.

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  Wise, Home, Men

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• Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

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  Children, Men, Desire

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 152), 1948.

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• The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.

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  Space, Firsts, Principles

  "Democritus", Vol. IX, 44 by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Robert Drew Hicks, 1925.

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• We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and a void.

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  Sweet, Reality, Thinking

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• Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.

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  Lying, Doe

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• The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

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  Animal, Men, Doe

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 162), 1948.

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• Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

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  Mean, Desire

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

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• Soul and intellect are just the same things.

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  Soul, Intellect

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• Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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  Hope, Loss, Gains

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• The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

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  Inspirational, Men, Unfortunate

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• Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

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  Science, Fruit, Chance

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• It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

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  Inspirational, Communication, Talking

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• The word is the shadow of the deed.

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  Shadow, Deeds

  Leucippus, Democritus, C. C. W. Taylor (2010). “The Atomists, Leucippus and Democritus: Fragments : a Text and Translation with a Commentary”, p.17, University of Toronto Press

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• Envy creates the beginning of strife.

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  Envy, Political, Division

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 166), 1948.

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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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  Men, Desire, Deeds

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

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• Men should strive to think much and know little.

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  Men, Thinking, Littles

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• Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.

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  Pain, Wind, Moderation

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

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• 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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  Men, Cities, Brave

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 163), 1948.

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• Man is a universe in little [Microcosm].

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  Men, Littles, Microcosm

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 150), 1948.

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• Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.

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  Powerful, Gold, Reason

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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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  Democracy, Poverty, Slavery

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• The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.

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  Laughter, Ideas, Roots

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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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  Children, Worry, Battle

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• Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.

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  Mildness, Endure, Magnanimity

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• I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

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  Gains, Causes, Kingdoms

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