Quotes from Democritus

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

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine.

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

By convention there is color, by convention sweetness, by convention bitterness, but in reality there are atoms and space.

Word is a shadow of deed.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

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

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

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

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

One should practice much sense, not much learning.

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

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

All things happen by virtue of necessity.

These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.

The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.