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There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom. — Democritus

If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth. — Democritus

Democritus (460-360 B.C.) - in reality there is nothing but atoms and space. — Will Durant

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. — Democritus

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men. — Democritus

Life unexamined, is not worth living. — Democritus

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus

Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions. — Plutarch

One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities. — Democritus

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery. — Democritus

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man. — Democritus

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion. — Democritus

We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and a void. — Democritus

Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control. — Democritus

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge. — Democritus

To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire. — Democritus

Word is a shadow of a deed. — Democritus

Soul and intellect are just the same things. — Democritus

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. — Democritus

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds. — Democritus

No one regards the things before his feet, But views with care the regions of the sky. — Democritus

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions. — Democritus

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness. — Democritus

Virtue isn't not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others. — Democritus

Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down." — Diogenes

Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal. — Democritus

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

Men should strive to think much and know little. — Democritus

Coition is a slight attack of apoplexy. For man gushes forth from man, and is separated by being torn apart with a kind of blow. — Democritus

If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few. — Democritus

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss. — Democritus

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity. — Democritus

The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures — Democritus

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all. — Democritus

Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom. — Democritus

The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest. — Democritus

The good things of life are produced by learning with hard work; the bad are reaped of their own accord, without hard work. — Democritus

Poor mind, from the senses you take your arguments, and then want to defeat them? Your victory is your defeat. — Democritus

Democritus's work on the void was revolutionary. — Leon M. Lederman

Many much-learned men have no intelligence. — Democritus

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. — Democritus

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not. — Democritus

The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess. — Democritus

Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist — Democritus

It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man. — Democritus

The wise man's home is the universe. — Democritus

More men have become great through practice than by nature. — Democritus

When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye. — Jostein Gaarder

Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness. — Democritus

In a shared fish, there are no bones. — Democritus

Democritus is studying philosophy here at Athens. This means that he delights in quarrels. — Gore Vidal

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. — Democritus

The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist. — Democritus

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged. — Democritus

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also his desires. — Democritus

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world — Democritus

The word is the shadow of the deed. — Democritus

Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. — Democritus

We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss. — Democritus

To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth. — Democritus

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy. — Democritus

Envy is the cause of political division. — Democritus

Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness. — Democritus

Man is a universe in little [ Microcosm ]. — Democritus

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong. — Democritus

All things happen by virtue of necessity. — Democritus

[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia. — Democritus

The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe. — Democritus

If thou sustain injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it — Democritus

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others. — Democritus

Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature. — Democritus

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character. — Democritus

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland. — Democritus

One should practice much sense, not much learning. — Democritus

It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new. — Democritus

Nature ... has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea. — Democritus

Democritus[3] says: "One man means as much to me as a multitude, and a multitude only as much as one man." 11. — Seneca.

Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body. — Democritus

Nothing exists but atoms and the void. — Democritus

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me. — Democritus

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man. — Democritus

There are some men who are masters of cities but slaves to women. — Democritus

Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil. — Democritus

Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold. — Democritus

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also. — Democritus

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate. — Democritus

Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure. — Democritus