Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Quote by Democritus

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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference...

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference...

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

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

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

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

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

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

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

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that...

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that...

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Men should strive to think much and know little.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

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

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

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

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

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.

It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle...

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle...

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.

You've got to aim high and see where you land.

You've got to aim high and see where you land.

There could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a...

There could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a...