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

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About Democritus

Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher associated with early atomism. He is remembered for proposing that matter is composed of indivisible atoms moving in the void and for ethical teachings linked to cheerfulness.

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