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Chilo advised, not to speak evil of the dead.

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Democritus says, but we know nothing really for truth lies deep down.

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He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.

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He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge and one only evil, namely, ignorance.

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All things are in common among friends.

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Time is the image of eternity.

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I am a citizen of the world.

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Nothing can be produced out of nothing.

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The question was put to him, what hope is and his answer was, the dream of a waking man.

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Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he, that when they speak truth they are not believed.

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The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon. Maria Montessori Democritus says, but we know nothing for truth lies deep down.

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One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist.

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