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Democritus

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

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

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"Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity."
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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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"Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul."
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"If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it."
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"It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others."
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"Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains."
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"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion."
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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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