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Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.
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[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.
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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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Born:
460 BC
Died:
370 BC
(aged 90)
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Democritus was an influential Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe.
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