DEMOCRITUS

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Great philosopher of antiquity. The first who devised the atomic theory, or received it from his teacher Leucippus, to formulate and extend it to all natural phenomena, establishing the theory scientifically, and opening the gates to the Natural sciences. He was born in Abdera to a very rich father. He spent his share of his father's fortune (100 talents, an enormous amount) on long journeys, to satisfy his scientific curiosity. He visited, among other countries, Egypt, Babylonia, Arabia, Ethiopia. He stayed for a considerable period of time in Athens, where he actually heard Socrates talk, but without getting to know him. He was not at all ambitious and preferred the "live without drawing attention". He himself says: "I came to Athens and no one knew me". He returned to Abdera, where he lived the life of a hermit, writing, researching and teaching. So strong was his love of scientific research that he said he would rather find an "etiology" (ie the scientific explanation of a phenomenon) than be given the throne of the kingdom of Persia.

His writings were written in the Ionic dialect, and include all branches of human knowledge: mathematics, physics, medicine, agriculture, ethics, poetry, music, painting, grammar, aesthetics, phonetics, and martial arts. Democritus asserted that "being" (the universe) is eternal, unchanging and indestructible, however it is not "simple" as the Eleatic philosophers believed, but "multiple". Since, according to Democritus, being is multiple, i.e. it is composed of infinitesimal pieces of matter (atoms) which are eternal, indestructible, unchanging and indivisible, these must necessarily come into relation with others, so that what we call movement is born.

The atoms, infinite in number and shape, whirl into infinity, like dust in the air, and, as they coalesce, form infinite worlds, (the "Great Universe"), to one of which the Earth belongs. Everything is done by mechanical necessity. Democritus gives a clear explanation of the birth of the constellations and also maintains that the soul also consists of smooth, thin and round atoms, which the body inhales from the air, thus giving the mental life a purely material and mechanical function. From his "Ethics" 230 passages have survived, most of them quotations. Only after two millennia, Bacchus and Ghassadi, brought the giant Democritus to the surface, and only in the 10th century, the supreme importance of his philosophy was understood, which led to the interpretation of the laws of sound, light, heat, as well as in chemical and physical changes (splitting of atoms) on a very wide scale. Under Socrates, the search for natural laws for the interpretation and understanding of being ended, in order to develop the philosophy of "useful virtue" and political philosophy, as Democritus himself said.

The life of the wise Abderitis is surrounded by the fog of legend and mystery, and many wonderful things are mentioned, especially around the last years of his life, by various authors, such as his meeting with Hippocrates and the dialogue that took place between them. However, the authenticity of all these biographical details is questioned by critics. However, one of the characteristics of Democritus that is not disputed, is that he laughed a lot, and every moment, seeing how insignificant and funny all the serious and great things of people were, in front of the greatness of the World. That is why it was called "Gelasinos". And, also, that the Abderites worshiped him as a god and, after his death, set up a bronze statue of him. He died at a very old age.

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1. THE WORLD IS A THEATER STAGE AND LIFE IS A PASSING FROM IT. YOU CAME, YOU SAW, YOU GONE
2. THERE ARE INFINITE WORLDS BORN AND DESTRUCTIBLE
3. DARING IS THE BEGINNING OF ACTION, BUT LUCK IS THE RULER OF THE END
4. SOUL AND MIND ARE IDENTICAL
5. EVERYTHING HAPPENS BY NECESSITY
6. ULTIMATE GOAL IS HAPPINESS WHICH MEANS PEACE OF MIND AND STABILITY
7. WE REALLY KNOW NOTHING BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS AT THE BOTTOM
8. IN TRUTH ATOMS AND VOID
9. NO PHENOMENON CAN BE A CRITERION, SINCE PHENOMENA DO NOT EXIST
10. HE WHO PREFERS THE GOODS OF THE SOUL PREFERS THE MOST DIVINE GOODS. HE WHO PREFERS THE GOODS OF THE BODY PREFERS HUMAN GOODS
11. IT IS RIGHT TO PREVENT THOSE WHO TRY TO COMMIT INJUSTICE. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, LET US NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE INJUSTICE
12. WE MUST EITHER BE GOOD OR IMITATE THE GOOD
13. PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH MATERIAL GOODS NOR MONEY, BUT WITH RIGHT THINKING AND WIDE LEARNING
14. THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING IS ATOMS AND THE VOID
15. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO THINK ABOUT SUITABLE THINGS DURING TRAGEDIES
16. REPENTANCE FOR UGLY DEEDS IS LIFE SAVING
17. WE MUST SPEAK THE TRUTH AND NOT A LOT OF WORDS
18. THE ONE WHO DOES WRONG IS MORE SAD THAN THE ONE WHO IS WRONGED
19. IT IS MAGNANIMUS TO ENDURE THE MISCONDUCT
20. IT IS SUITABLE TO SUBMIT TO THE LAW, THE LORD AND THE WISE
21. THE VIRTUOUS MAN TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF THE VICIOUS THAT ACCUSE HIM
22. IT IS BAD TO BE RULED BY THE WORST
23. HE WHO ALWAYS SUBMITS TO MONEY CAN NEVER BE JUST
24. WORD IS MANY TIMES MORE PERSUADING THAN GOLD
25. WHOEVER TRIES TO TEACH ONE WHO THINKS HE KNOWS IS DOING IT IN VAIN
26. MANY, THOUGH NOT TAUGHT LOGIC, LIVE ACCORDING TO IT
27. MANY, THOUGH THEY DO THE MOST UGLY DEEDS, USE THE NICEST WORDS
28. FOOLS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MISERIES
29. WE SHOULD BE JEALOUS OF WORKS AND DEEDS OF VIRTUE AND NOT WORDS
30. THEY KNOW AND DESIRE GOOD THINGS THOSE WHO ARE ENDOWED BY NATURE TOWARDS THEM
31. THE NOBLENESS OF AN ANIMAL LIES IN ITS PHYSICAL STRENGTH WHILE IN HUMANS IN THE RIGHT FORM OF CHARACTER
32. THE HOPES OF THOSE WHO THINK CORRECTLY ARE ACHIEVABLE WHILE THOSE OF THE FOOLS UNACHIEVABLE
33. NEITHER ART NOR WISDOM IS POSSIBLE FOR ONE UNLESS IT IS TAUGHT
34. IT IS BETTER TO CHECK OUR OWN ERRORS THAN THOSE OF OTHERS
35. THOSE WHO HAVE AN ORDERLY CHARACTER THEY ALSO HAVE AN ORDERLY LIFE
36. IT IS GOOD NOT NOT TO WRONG, BUT NOT TO WANT TO WRONG
37. IT IS NICE TO PRAISE GOOD WORKS. TO PRAISE, HOWEVER, THE UGLY IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF AN INSIGNIFICANT PERSON AND A FRAUD
38. MANY WHO HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE LACK WISDOM
39. WE SHOULD INCREASE OUR MENTAL AWARENESS NOT OUR KNOWLEDGE
40. IT IS BETTER TO THINK BEFORE ACTING THAN TO REGRET
41. WE SHOULD NOT BELIEVE EVERYONE BUT ONLY THE SUCCESSFUL. THE FIRST, MOREOVER, IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE NAIVE, THE SECOND OF THE PRUDENT MAN
42. A MAN IS WORTHY OR, WORTHLESS NOT ONLY BASED ON WHAT HE DOES BUT ALSO BY WHAT HE THINKS
43. FOR ALL MEN THE GOOD AND THE TRUE ARE THE SAME. THE PLEASURABLE IS DIFFERENT FROM PERSON TO PERSON
44. UNRESTRAINED DESIRE CHARACTERIZES THE CHILD AND NOT THE ADULT
45. PLEASURES CAUSE MISERY AT THE TIME WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T
46. INTENSE DESIRE FOR ONE PARTICULAR THING MAKES THE SOUL BLIND TO THE REST
47. RIGHT LOVE MEANS DESIRING THE BEAUTIFUL IN A NICE WAY
48. WE SHOULD ACCEPT NO PLEASURE IF IT DOESN'T BENEFIT US MORALLY
49. FOOLS ARE BETTER TO BE GOVERNED THAN TO GOVERN
50. FOOLS DO NOT LEARN FROM WORDS BUT FROM MISERIES
51. FAME AND WEALTH WITHOUT PRUDENCE ARE NOT SAFE ACQUISITIONS
52. OBTAINING MONEY IS NOT BAD, BUT OBTAINING MONEY FROM INJUSTICE IS THE WORST
53. IT IS BAD TO IMITATE THE BAD, WHILE NOT EVEN THINKING OF IMITATING THE GOOD
54. IT IS BAD TO SHOW EXPERTISE ABOUT FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR OWN
55. CONTINUOUS POSTPONEMENTS KEEP ACTIONS FROM EVER BEING COMPLETED
56. THOSE WHO DO EVERYTHING IN WORDS BUT NOTHING IN PRACTICE ARE FAKE AND VIRTUOUS ONLY IN NAME
57. BLESSED IS HE WHO HAS WEALTH AND PRUDENCE, BECAUSE HE USES HIS WEALTH RIGHTLY ON THE RIGHT OCCASIONS
58. THE CAUSE OF MISTAKES IS THAT WE IGNORE WHAT IS BETTER
59. HE WHO DOES UGLY DEEDS SHOULD FIRST BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF
60. HE WHO IS A PERPETUAL DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AND PERPETUALLY CHIT-CHATS IS DEPRIVED OF THE NATURAL MEANS FOR LEARNING THE NECESSARY THINGS
61. SAYING EVERYTHING AND NOT WANTING TO HEAR ANYTHING IS GREED
62. WE MUST BE CAREFUL OF THE VICIOUS MAN, LEST HE FINDS A SUITABLE OPPORTUNITY
63. HE WHO ENVIES CAUSES SADNESS IN HIMSELF AS IF HE IS HIS OWN ENEMY
64. OUR ENEMY IS NOT THOSE WHO WRONG US, BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO WRONG US
65. ENMITY BETWEEN RELATIVES IS MUCH WORSE THAN ENMITY BETWEEN STRANGERS
66. BE NOT SUSPICIOUS OF ALL BUT CAREFUL AND CERTAIN
67. YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THE BENEFITS KNOWING IN ADVANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO RETURN THEM GREATER
68. WHEN YOU BENEFIT, THINK FIRST OF THE ONE TO WHOM YOU OFFER THE BENEFICENCE, LEST HE IS AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN AND HE RETURNS EVIL INSTEAD OF GOOD
69. SMALL BENEFITS AT THE RIGHT TIME ARE HUGE TO THOSE WHO RECEIVE THEM
70. AWARD OF HONOURS CAN ACHIEVE A LOT WHEN COMMON SENSE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED, THAT UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HONOURS WHICH ARE AWARDED TO THEM
71. DISPOSITION FOR BENEFICENCE IS NOT IN HIM WHO LOOKS FOR RETURNS, BUT IN HIM WHO CHOOSES CHARITY
72. MANY WHO SEEM TO BE FRIENDS ARE NOT AND MANY WHO SEEM NOT TO BE FRIENDS ARE
73. THE FRIENDSHIP OF A WISE PERSON IS GREATER THAN THE FRIENDSHIP OF ALL FOOLS
74. HE WHO HAS NOT EVEN ONE VIRTUOUS FRIEND IS NOT WORTH LIVING
75. HE IS A PERSON OF BAD CHARACTER WHOSE FRIENDS THAT HE TRIED TO MAKE DID NOT STAY FOR LONG
76. MANY AVOID THEIR FRIENDS WHEN THE LATTER FALL FROM RICHES TO POVERTY
77. IN EVERYTHING THE BEAUTIFUL IS THE EQUAL, HOWEVER I DON'T CONSIDER EXCESS NOR DEFICIENCY RIGHT
78. I THINK THAT ONE WHO LOVES NOBODY IS LOVED BY NOBODY
79. A PLEASURABLE ELDER IS ONE WHO SPEAKS NICE AND SAYS GREAT THINGS
80. PHYSICAL BEAUTY IS AN ANIMAL ELEMENT IF IT IS NOT BASED ON WISDOM
81. IT'S EASY TO FIND FRIENDS WHEN YOU'RE HAPPY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE SAD, IT'S THE HARDEST OF ALL
82. FRIENDS ARE NOT ALL PERSONS CLOSE TO US, BUT THOSE WHO HAVE THE SAME SENSE OF THE BENEFICIAL
83. IT IS RIGHT, SINCE WE ARE HUMANS, NOT TO LAUGH AT OTHER PEOPLE'S MISFORTUNE, BUT TO MOURN
84. GOOD THINGS COME TO US WITH DIFFICULTY AND AFTER SEARCHING, WHILE EVILS WITHOUT NECESSARILY SEARCHING FOR IT
85. PEOPLE FOND OF ACCUSATIONS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR FRIENDS
86. A WOMAN SHOULD NOT TRY TO ACQUIRE ELOQUENT SPEECH, BECAUSE THAT'S A TERRIBLE THING
87. THE WORST DISHONOR FOR A MAN IS TO BE RULED BY A WOMAN
88. ALWAYS CONSIDERING THE GOOD CHARACTERIZES THE DIVINE MIND
89. IF ONE BELIEVES THAT THE GODS OVERSEE EVERYTHING, HE WILL NOT FALL INTO AN ERROR NEITHER OVERTLY NOR COVERTLY
90. THOSE WHO PRAISE FOOLS HURT THEM MUCH
91. IT IS BETTER TO BE PRAISED BY OTHERS THAN TO PRAISE YOURSELF
92. IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE COMPLIMENTS MADE, CONSIDER THEM AS FLATTERY
93. WE SHOULD AVOID UNJUST ACTS NOT OUT OF FEAR BUT BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING
94. THE WORLD IS CHANGE, LIFE IS SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTION
95. A LITTLE WISDOM IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN GLORY FOR GREAT FOOLISHNESS
96. CONVENTIONALLY HOT, CONVENTIONALLY COLD, IN REALITY THERE ARE ONLY ATOMS AND VOID
97. IN REALITY WE KNOW NOTHING BECAUSE THE TRUTH LIES AT THE BOTTOM
98. FOR A WISE MAN, LUCK REGULATES A FEW THINGS, THE GREATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, ARE REGULATED BY REASON AND DURING HIS WHOLE LIFE THEY ARE REGULATED AND WILL BE REGULATED BY REASON
99. PEOPLE CREATED A MENTAL PICTURE OF LUCK TO JUSTIFY THEIR OWN MISJUDGMENT
100. A WOMAN IS SO CALLED BECAUSE SHE GIVES BIRTH, BECAUSE SHE IS RECEPTIVE
101. SEMEN IS EXCRETED FROM THE WHOLE BODY
102. PEOPLE WHEN THEY SCRATCH FEEL GOOD AND IT FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE A SENSUAL CONTACT
103. DIVINE THINGS ARE PERCEIVED BY THE MIND
104. IF YOU OPEN YOURSELF INSIDE, YOU WILL FIND, A STORAGE AND REPOSITORY OF EVERY KIND AND FORM OF EVIL
105. LET US NOT BE ENGAGED WITH THE WORDS OF PEOPLE WHO QUARREL AND RAISE COMPLICATED ISSUES
106. THE FISH YOU SHARE WITH ANOTHER DOESN'T HAVE BONES
107. IF THE BODY PUT ITS SOUL ON TRIAL FOR ABUSE, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SOUL TO BE ACQUITTED
108. A LIFE WITHOUT VIRTUE, PRUDENCE, WISDOM AND PIETY IS NOT A BAD LIFE BUT DEATH THAT LASTS A LONG TIME
109. DON'T BE WILLING TO LEARN EVERYTHING, LEST YOU LEARN NOTHING
110. HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS ARE PROPERTIES OF THE SOUL
111. BLISS DOES NOT RESIDE IN HERDS OF ANIMALS OR GOLD. DIVINE LUCK'S DWELLING IS THE SOUL
112. FROM THE SAME THINGS FROM WHICH WE CREATE GOOD, EVIL COULD BE CREATED, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO AVOID EVIL
113. DEEP WATER IS USEFUL FOR MANY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS BAD BECAUSE THERE IS A RISK OF DROWNING. AN ART OF LEARNING TO SWIM HAS BEEN FOUND
114. IN PEOPLE, THE GOOD THINGS BECOME EVIL, WHEN SOMEONE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO GUIDE THE GOOD THINGS AND DIRECT THEM CORRECTLY
115. HE WHO HAS PEACE OF MIND WHEN DRIVEN TO WORKS RIGHTEOUS AND LAW-ABIDING FEELS GOOD BOTH WHEN AWAKE AND WHEN SLEEPING AND IS STRONG AND WITHOUT CARES
116. THE GODS GIVE MEN ALL GOODS, BOTH IN THE PAST AND IN THE PRESENT
117. LUCK IS GENEROUS BUT UNCERTAIN, WHILE NATURE IS SELF-SUFFICIENT. THEREFORE, WITH HER SMALLER BUT CERTAIN FORCES OVERCOMES THE GREATER FORCES, WHICH HOPE PROMISES
118. A GOOD WORD DOESN'T COVER A BAD ACT NOR A GOOD ACT IS DAMAGED BY BAD WORDS
119. THE WORST TEACHER OF YOUTH IS CONVENIENCE. IT, IS THE ONE THAT GIVES BIRTH TO PLEASURES, FROM WHICH VICIOUSNESS IS CREATED
120. CHILDREN WHO DIDN'T TRY HARD AND DIDN'T PUT EFFORT COULDN'T LEARN LETTERS, MUSIC, ATHLETICS, NOR THE RESPECT THAT ESTABLISHES VIRTUE
121. EDUCATION IS AN ORNAMENT FOR THE HAPPY AND A SHELTER FOR THE WRECKED
122. IT WILL BE SEEN HOW HE IS MORE ABLE TO DIRECT TO VIRTUE HE WHO USES SUGGESTIONS AND PERSUASION OF REASON THAN HE WHO USES LAW AND NECESSITY
123. GOOD THINGS ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY LEARNING WITH EFFORT, WHILE BAD THINGS COME WITHOUT DIFFICULTY AND BY THEMSELVES
124. SOMETIMES THE YOUNG ARE WISE AND THE OLD ARE UNWISE. SINCE, TIME DOESN'T TEACH RESPECT, BUT EARLY TRAINING AND NATURE
125. ENGAGING WITH VICIOUS PEOPLE INCREASES BOTH DISPOSITION AND EVIL
126. THE HOPE OF THE EDUCATED IS STRONGER THAN THE WEALTH OF THE FOOLS
127. SIMILARITY OF IDEAS CREATES FRIENDSHIP
128. IT IS RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO RESPECT THE SOUL MORE THAN THE BODY
129. ENJOYMENT AND LACK OF ENJOYMENT IS THE CRITERION OF WHAT IS OR IS NOT IN OUR INTEREST
130. THE BEST FOR MAN IS TO LIVE HIS LIFE WITH AS MUCH PEACE OF MIND AND AS LESS SADNESS AS POSSIBLE
131. DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT UGLY DEEDS
132. PEOPLE ACHIEVE PEACE OF MIND THROUGH RESTRAINED PLEASURES AND CONTROLLED LIFE
133. WE SHOULD FEEL CONTENT WITH HOW MUCH BETTER WE LIVE, CONSIDERING WHAT OTHERS ARE SUFFERING
134. IT IS EASY TO PRAISE OR, BLAME SOMEONE FOR THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, BUT BOTH SHOW A WICKED CHARACTER
135. IT IS A WISE ACTION TO TAKE MEASURES AGAINST THE INJUSTICE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO US, WHILE IT IS INSENSITIVE NOT TO STRIKE BACK WHEN IT HAPPENS
136. GREAT PLEASURES STEM FROM DOING GOOD DEEDS
137. FORGETTING ONE'S OWN MISFORTUNES MAKES ONE RUDE
138. FOOLS ARE EDUCATED BY THE EARNINGS OF FORTUNE, BUT THOSE WHO MASTER THESE MATTERS ARE EDUCATED BY THE EARNINGS OF WISDOM
139. WHEN AN ANIMAL NEEDS SOMETHING, IT KNOWS HOW MUCH IT NEEDS, WHILE A MAN DOESN'T KNOW
140. THOUGH FOOLS HATE LIFE, THEY WANT TO LIVE OUT OF FEAR OF HADES
141. FOOLS LIVE EVEN IF LIFE DOESN'T SATISFY THEM
142. FOOLS DESIRE LONGEVITY THOUGH LONGEVITY DOESN'T SATISFY THEM
143. FOOLS DESIRE THINGS THEY DON'T HAVE, WHILE WHAT THEY HAVE EVEN IF IT IS MORE BENEFICIAL THAN WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE, THEY NEGLECT THEM
144. MEN, TRYING TO AVOID DEATH, PURSUE IT
145. FOOLS IN THEIR WHOLE LIFE CAN SATISFY NOONE
146. FOOLS DESIRE LIFE BECAUSE THEY FEAR DEATH
147. FOOLS ARE SATISFIED WITH OLD AGE BECAUSE THEY FEAR DEATH
148. WE SHOULD PREFER NOT ANY PLEASURE BUT THAT CREATED BY NICE THINGS
149. A FATHER'S PRUDENCE IS A GREAT MOTIVATION FOR CHILDREN
150. LUCK PROVIDES A LUXURIOUS TABLE, BUT A TABLE OUT OF OUR OWN RESOURCES IS PROVIDED BY PRUDENCE
151. WISDOM INCREASES PLEASURE AND ENHANCES ENJOYMENT
152. SLEEPING DURING THE DAY IS A SIGN OF EITHER, PHYSICAL PAIN OR, MENTAL IGNORANCE OR, UNEMPLOYMENT OR, LACK OF EDUCATION
153. COURAGE MAKES MISFORTUNES LESS IMPORTANT
154. COURAGEOUS IS NOT ONLY HE WHO OVERCOMES ENEMIES BUT ALSO HE WHO OVERCOMES PLEASURES
155. THE REWARD OF JUSTICE IS COURAGE AND FEARLESSNESS OF OPINION, WHILE THE ENDING OF INJUSTICE IS THE FEAR OF TRAGEDY
156. FEARLESS WISDOM IS WORTH ANYTHING, BECAUSE IT IS MOST PRECIOUS
157. THE GODS LOVE ONLY THOSE WHO HATE INJUSTICE
158. WEALTH FROM UGLY DEEDS MAKES SHAME GREATER
159. THE DESIRE FOR MONEY, UNRESTRAINED FOR ITS SATISFACTION, IS MUCH WORSE THAN EXTREME POVERTY, BECAUSE GREATER DESIRES CREATE GREATER NEEDS
160. EVIL PROFITS HURT VIRTUE
161. THE HOPE FOR EVIL PROFIT IS THE BEGINNING OF LOSS
162. RAISING A LOT OF MONEY FOR CHILDREN IS AN EXCUSE FOR GREED, WHICH EXERCISES CONTROL OVER ITS OWN CHARACTER
163. WHATEVER THE BODY NEEDS, EVERYONE CAN EASILY HAVE WITHOUT EFFORT NOR DISCOMFORT. HOWEVER, WHAT REQUIRES EFFORT AND DISCOMFORT IS NOT DESIRED BY THE BODY, BUT BY A BADLY CONSTITUTED OPINION
164. THE DESIRE FOR MORE DESTROYES EVEN WHAT WE HAVE, AS IT IS SIMILAR TO THE DOG IN AESOPE'S FABLE
165. WE MUST SPEAK THE TRUTH, NOT A LOT OF WORDS
166. BOLDNESS IN SPEECH IS AN INHERENT ELEMENT OF FREEDOM. THE DANGER IS IN DIAGNOSING THE RIGHT TIME
167. STINGIES HAVE THE FATE OF THE BEE, WORKING AS IF THEY ARE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER
168. RESTRAIN AND HUNGER ARE USEFUL, IN THE PROPER OCCASION EXPENDITURE TOO. HOWEVER, DISCRIMINATION IS THE WORK OF A VIRTUOUS MAN
169. LIFE WITHOUT CELEBRATIONS IS A LONG ROAD WITHOUT HOTELS
170. PROPER JUDGMENT HAS HE WHO DOES NOT LAMENT FOR WHAT HE DOESN'T HAVE, BUT REJOICES FOR WHAT HE HAS
171. OF THE PLEASURABLE THINGS, WE ARE MOST SATISFIED BY THOSE THAT HAPPEN MOST RARELY
172. IF ONE EXCEEDS THE RIGHT MEASURE, THE MOST PLEASANT THINGS COULD BECOME THE MOST UNPLEASANT
173. MEN WITH THEIR PRAYERS ASK THE GODS FOR HEALTH, BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT WITHIN THEMSELVES THEY HAVE THE POWER FOR HEALTH
174. THOSE WHO SEEK FOOD PLEASURES GOING OVER THE APPROPRIATE IN EATING, DRINKING OR APHRODISIACS, ALL OF THESE PLEASURES ARE SMALL AND BRIEF
175. IT IS HARD TO FIGHT DESIRE. TO OVERCOME IT HOWEVER SHOWS A WISE MAN
176. EVERY QUARREL IS STUPID. ONE PERCEIVES WHAT IS HARMFUL TO THE ADVERSARY, BUT DOES NOT PERCEIVE WHAT IS BENEFICIAL TO ONESELF
177. WHOEVER CONFRONTS HIS SUPERIOR ENDS UP IN BAD REPUTATION
178. THE VOWS WICKED MEN MAKE WHEN IN TROUBLE, ARE NOT KEPT, WHEN THEY ESCAPE TROUBLE
179. HARDSHIPS UNDERTAKEN BY OUR OWN WILL MAKE OTHER HARDSHIPS EASIER TO BEAR
180. CONTINUOUS HARDSHIP BECOMES LIGHTER BY HABIT
181. MORE BECOME VIRTUOUS BY PRACTICE THAN BY NATURE
182. ALL HARDSHIPS ARE PREFERABLE TO CALMNESS, WHEN GOALS ARE ACHIEVED FOR WHICH PEOPLE STRIVE FOR OR WHEN THEY KNOW THEY WILL BE ACHIEVED
183. EVEN IF YOU ARE ALONE, DON'T SAY OR DO ANYTHING BAD. LEARN TO RESPECT YOURSELF MORE THAN OTHERS
184. THE LAWS WOULD PREVENT NOONE FROM LIVING AS ONE WANTED, IF ONE DID NOT HARM THE OTHER. ENVY IS THE BEGINNING OF DISCORD
185. LIFE ABROAD TEACHES SELF-SUFFICIENCY. BREAD AND A MATTRESS IS THE SWEETEST REMEDY FOR HARDSHIPS
186. THE WISE MAN CAN GO ANYWHERE, BECAUSE THE WHOLE WORLD IS THE HOMELAND OF THE VIRTUOUS SOUL
187. THE LAW SEEKS TO BENEFIT HUMAN LIFE, WHICH IT IS CAPABLE OF DOING WHEN PEOPLE THEMSELVES WANT TO BE BENEFITTED
188. CIVIL CONFLICT IS BAD FOR BOTH PARTIES. THE WEAR IS THE SAME FOR WINNERS AND FOR LOSERS
189. FROM UNITY GREAT PROJECTS STEM AND CITIES CAN SUCCEED IN WARS, NO OTHER WAY
190. HUNGER IN A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IS AS PREFERABLE TO THE SO-CALLED WEALTH OF DYNASTIC REPUBLICS AS FREEDOM IS PREFERABLE TO SLAVERY
191. IT IS NOT BENEFICIAL FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO NEGLECT THEIR AFFAIRS AND DEAL WITH STRANGERS, BECAUSE THEIR PERSONAL AFFAIRS WOULD TURN OUT BADLY
192. MISTAKES ARE INEVITABLE, BUT FORGIVING PEOPLE IS NOT EASY
193. WHEN EVIL PEOPLE RECEIVE HONOURS, THE MORE EVIL THEY ARE THE MORE INDIFFERENT THEY BECOME, FULL OF RECKLESSNESS AND RUDENESS
194. WHEN THE WEALTHY ARE WILLING TO HELP THE POOR, THEY SHOULD HELP AND BENEFIT THEM, IN THEIR ACT THERE IS COMPASSION
195. JUSTICE IS DOING WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND INJUSTICE IS NOT DOING WHAT SHOULD BE DONE BUT NEGLECTING THEM
196. WE MUST KILL BY EVERY MEANS THOSE THAT CAUSE HARM. WHOEVER ACTS IN THIS WAY WILL HAVE A GREATER SHARE IN PEACE OF MIND
197. IN EVERY PROPERLY GOVERNED REPUBLIC WE MUST, ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF THE FATHERLAND, KILL THE ENEMY, UNLESS PROHIBITED BY LAW
198. WE MUST TAKE VENGEANCE FOR THE WRONGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR STRENGTH AND NOT ABANDON THEM, BECAUSE SUCH AN ACT IS JUST AND RIGHT WHILE THE OPPOSITE IS UNJUST AND EVIL
199. IN JUSTICE AND VIRTUE PARTICIPATES MORE HE WHO OFFERS RIGHTFUL HONOURS TO THE MOST WORTHY MEN
200. ONE SHOULD NOT RESPECT OTHERS MORE THAN HIMSELF AND NOT DO MORE EVIL IF NO ONE IS GOING TO UNDERSTAND HIM
201. ONE SHOULD RESPECT ONESELF MAINLY AND THIS SHOULD BE WITHIN HIM AS A LAW, SO HE DOES NOT DO ANYTHING IMPROPER
202. PEOPLE REMEMBER BAD DEEDS MORE THAN GOOD DEEDS. THAT IS RIGHT
203. BY NATURE POWER BELONGS TO THE BEST
204. FEAR CREATES FLATTERY WHILE IT HAS NO GOOD MOOD
205. NOTHING IS BORN FROM NOTHING AND NOTHING DISAPPEARS INTO NON-EXISTENCE
206. A WOMAN HAS A MUCH STRONGER DISPOSITION TO BAD THOUGHTS THAN A MAN
207. FEW WORDS ARE AN ORNAMENT FOR A WOMAN, WHILE THE MINIMALITY OF THE ORNAMENT IS ALSO BEAUTIFUL
208. RAISING CHILDREN IS AN UNCERTAIN THING. THE SUCCESS, THAT IS, IS FULL OF STRUGGLES AND CARES, WHILE THE FAILURE IS GREATER THAN ANY OTHER SORROW
209. I THINK WE SHOULD NOT HAVE CHILDREN, BECAUSE I SEE IN CHILDBEARING MANY AND GREAT RISKS AND MANY PAINS, WHILE THE BENEFITS ARE FEW AND THOSE SMALL AND BRITTLE
210. WHOEVER WANTS TO HAVE CHILDREN I THINK IT IS BETTER TO GET THEM FROM HIS FRIENDS' CHILDREN. SO HE WILL HAVE A CHILD THE WAY HE WANTS IT, SINCE HE CAN CHOOSE IT AS HE WANTS IT
211. IT SEEMS THAT CHILDBEARING IS FOR HUMANS A NECESSARY THING THAT COMES FROM NATURE AND FROM THE PRIMARY REGULATION OF LIFE. IT HAPPENS IN OTHER ANIMALS TOO
212. ONE SHOULD DIVIDE HIS PROPERTY AMONG HIS CHILDREN AND AT THE SAME TIME OVERSEE IT LEST THEY PROCEED TO BIG EXPENSES
213. IT IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT GREAT EXPENSE FOR SOMEONE TO EDUCATE HIS CHILDREN AND TO SURROUND WITH A PROTECTION BOTH THEIR PROPERTY AND THEM
214. AS CANCER IS THE WORST DISEASE OF ALL WOUNDS, THE SAME FOR PROPERTY IS A USELESS AND CONTINUOUS EXPENDITURE
215. WISE USE OF MONEY IS USEFUL AS GENEROSITY AND BENEFICIAL TO ALL. MISUSE OF MONEY TURNS IT INTO A DONATION TO THE PUBLIC
216. POVERTY AND WEALTH ARE NAMES THAT SIGNIFY NEED AND FULFILLMENT. THEREFORE HE WHO HAS NEEDS IS NOT RICH NOR HE WHO HAS NO NEEDS POOR
217. IF YOU DON'T WANT A LOT, A LITTLE WILL SEEM A LOT. SMALL DESIRES, IN OTHER WORDS, MAKE POVERTY COMPARABLE TO WEALTH
218. WE MUST KNOW HOW HUMAN LIFE IS WEAK AND SHORT AND FULL OF MANY SORROWS AND HARDSHIPS
219. HAPPY IS ONE WHO FEELS PEACEFUL WITH A LITTLE MONEY, WHILE SAD IS ONE WHO IS NOT SATISFIED EVEN WITH A LOT
220. COMMON DIFFICULTY IS WORSE THAN INDIVIDUAL DIFFICULTY, BECAUSE THERE IS NO HOPE OF HELP
221. THERE IS DISEASE OF THE HOME AND OF LIFE AS THERE IS DISEASE OF THE BODY
222. THERE IS NO GATE TO WEALTH SO SECURE THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF FORTUNE CANNOT OPEN
223. IT IS IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR NOT TO SUBMIT TO THE NEEDS OF LIFE
224. REFUSE WITH YOUR REASON THE UNJUSTIFIED SORROW OF THE DRUGED SOUL
225. FACING POVERTY PATIENTLY CHARACTERIZES THE WISE MAN
226. THE HOPES OF FOOLS ARE IRRATIONAL
227. THOSE WHO REJOICE WITH THE MISFORTUNE OF OTHERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT LUCK BRINGS IS COMMON TO ALL AND THEY ARE ALSO DEPRIVED OF PERSONAL JOY
228. STRENGTH AND BEAUTY ARE THE GOODS OF YOUTH. WISDOM IS THE FLOWER OF OLD AGE
229. THE OLD MAN WAS ONCE YOUNG, BUT IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE YOUNG MAN WILL REACH OLD AGE. WHAT GOOD HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, THUS, IS BETTER THAN THE FUTURE AND UNCERTAIN
230. OLD AGE IS A COMPLETE DISABILITY. THEY HAVE EVERYTHING, BUT THEY ARE IN NEED OF EVERYTHING
231. SOME, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT MORTAL NATURE IS DISSOLVED, AND FROM AWARENESS OF THEIR EVIL CONDUCT IN LIFE, THEY ARE TORTURED AND DISTURBED AND FEAR AS LONG AS THEY LIVE
232. KEEP CAREFULLY THE ANGER THAT IS CONCENTRATED IN YOUR CHEST, KEEP YOURSELF AWAY FROM DISTURBANCE OF THE MIND AND DO NOT LEAVE EVERYTHING TO YOUR TONGUE
233. SOME OF THE THINGS ARE INDECENT AND DISGUSTING, SOME ARE EVEN PROHIBITED BY THE LAWS
234. NATURE FINDS PLEASURE IN SAME NATURE, NATURE DOMINATES NATURE AND NATURE CONQUERS NATURE
235. WITH THE CHANGE OF LUCK EVEN THE MANY AND STRONG NEED THE WEAK AS WELL
236. HEALING THE DEAD IS THE SAME AS TEACHING THE ELDER
237. THE GOOD FRIEND SHOULD COME NEAR US IN HAPPINESS IF WE INVITE HIM, BUT IN SORROW HE MUST COME AND SUPPORT US BY HIMSELF
238. NOT BEING ABLE TO HELP YOUR FRIENDS SHOWS YOU'RE IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION, NOT WANTING TO SHOWS YOU'RE EVIL
239. TRUE FRIENDS MAKE FRIENDSHIPS SWEET AND MISFORTUNES LIGHTER BY REJOICING FOR THE FIRST ONES WITH YOU AND SHARING THE OTHERS
240. PREFER IN LIFE TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED. HE WHOM EVERYBODY FEARS, HE FEARS EVERYBODY
241. THE RULER SHOULD DISPLAY FORETHOUGHT AGAINST THE CIRCUMSTANCES, COURAGE AGAINST THE ENEMIES AND BENEVOLENCE TOWARDS HIS SUBJECTS
242. HE WHO WOULD RULE OTHERS MUST FIRST RULE HIMSELF
243. THE FORM OF THE FACE IS SEEN IN THE MIRROR, THE FORM OF THE SOUL IS SEEN IN RELATIONSHIPS
244. ALL PEOPLE HAVE A CONSTANT DESIRE FOR WEALTH. WHEN THEY DO NOT ACQUIRE WEALTH THEY STRUGGLE, WHEN THEY DO ACQUIRE, THEY ARE TROUBLED LOOKING AFTER IT AND WHEN THEY LOSE IT THEY ARE SORRY
245. YOU WILL BECOME WORTHY OF GOD IF YOU DO NOTHING UNWORTHY OF HIM
246. MAN IS LIKE GOD IN BENEFITS, GOOD DEEDS AND SINCERITY
247. EVEN THE GOOD CAPTAIN SOMETIMES IS WRECKED AND THE GREAT MAN FAILS SOMETIMES
248. A KNIFE CUTS, BUT SLANDER DIVIDES FRIENDS
249. PREFER TO GIVE A LITTLE THAN PROMISE A LOT. THEREFORE THE DANGER IS REMOVED AND THE ONE WHO RECEIVES NEEDS DEEDS NOT WORDS
250. HE IS SUITABLE FOR A FRIEND PAR EXCELLENCE, HE WHO ENDURES MANY INJUSTICES
251. WE SHOULD NOT EAT FAST AND GREEDY. THESE LOOK LIKE DOG HABITS AND ARE MORE SUITABLE TO A BEAST THAN TO A MAN
252. IN THE SAME SENSE THE GOOD MASSAGE IS NEITHER THE PLEASANT NOR THE PLENTY BUT THE HEALTHY, SO THE GOOD FOOD IS NOT THE PLEASANT NOR THE PLENTY BUT THE HEALTHY
253. HE WHO RESPECTS VIRTUE FIRST RESPECTS TRUTH CONSIDERING IT THE LEADER OF EVERY GOOD
254. ENVY IS A WOUND OF TRUTH
255. NEVER BLESS A MAN FOR HIS WEALTH AND GLORY. ALL THESE GOODS, WITH LESS FAITH, ARE SCATTERED TO THE WIND
256. THE ONLY THING I KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW
257. CELEBRATE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OTHERWISE OUR LIFE IS LIKE ONE ENDLESS LONG ROAD