To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
DEMOCRITUSTo speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
DEMOCRITUSThe word is the shadow of the deed.
DEMOCRITUSVirtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
DEMOCRITUSI would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
DEMOCRITUSThe brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
DEMOCRITUSPoverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
DEMOCRITUSHope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
DEMOCRITUSThe pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
DEMOCRITUSHappiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
DEMOCRITUSSome men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
DEMOCRITUSIt is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
DEMOCRITUSThe wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
DEMOCRITUSSexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
DEMOCRITUSFortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
DEMOCRITUSThe wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
DEMOCRITUSThe man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
DEMOCRITUS