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Democritus

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

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

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"They never fail who die in a great cause."

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"Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement."

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"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason."

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"For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going."

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"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

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"A cause that only serves me is much like a door on the edge of a cliff, it doesn't open to anywhere good."

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"As much purity one has within, his external circumstances will be that much more favorable. As much impurity there is within, there will be a corresponding amount of unfavorable external circumstances."

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"I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you."

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"Don't speak of action [effect]. Don't serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause."

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"This world is not without causes. There is Moksha [ultimate liberation] when one's causes stops. There is Moksha where everyone's 'claim' is completed. Without a cause, effect does not happen."

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

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"If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it."

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

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