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Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
Democritus

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Category:
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Year of Birth:
460 BC
Year of Death:
370 BC
Nationality:
Greek
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Epictetus
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