The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
DEMOCRITUSNo power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
More Democritus Quotes
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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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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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One should practice much sense, not much learning.
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To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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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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Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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