Democritus Quotes

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

  Democritus

  Motivational, Philosophy, Science

  Diogenes Laertius, vol.9.

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

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  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

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  Mistake, Passion, Character

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• The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.

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  Men, Honest, Wealth

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

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  Mean, Men, Enemy

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

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

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  Wise, Country, Home

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• Life unexamined, is not worth living.

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  Live Life, Life Wisdom, Worth Living

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• Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

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  Sex, Intercourse

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• Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

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  Kind Deeds, Sin, Good Deeds

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• The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.

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  Excess, Bitter, Sweetest

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• People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.

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  Children, Hypocrisy, People

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• The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

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  Philosophy, Philosophical, Men

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 163), 1948.

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

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  Errors

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

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  Pride, Age, Youth

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

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  Lying, Science, Reality

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• All things happen by virtue of necessity.

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  Science, Virtue, All Things

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

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  Fighting, Men, Desire

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 165), 1948.

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

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  Mean, Men, Finding Happiness

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

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  Desire, Littles, Poverty

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 170), 1948.

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• Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

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  Men

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 152), 1948.

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• Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

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  Men, Fool, Be A Man

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

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  Pain, Wind, Moderation

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

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• Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

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  Men, Cities, Slave

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 163), 1948.

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

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  Space, Firsts, Principles

  "Democritus", Vol. IX, 44 by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Robert Drew Hicks, 1925.

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

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  Inspirational, Communication, Talking

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