Democritus Quotes About Desire

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

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

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

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  "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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• It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

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

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• If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

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  "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. 170), 1948.

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• One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities.

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