Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
DEMOCRITUSSoul and intellect are just the same things.
More Democritus Quotes
-
-
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
DEMOCRITUS -
Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
DEMOCRITUS -
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
DEMOCRITUS -
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
DEMOCRITUS -
Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUS -
Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
DEMOCRITUS -
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
DEMOCRITUS -
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
DEMOCRITUS -
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
DEMOCRITUS -
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.
DEMOCRITUS -
Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
DEMOCRITUS -
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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 -
Life unexamined, is not worth living.
DEMOCRITUS -
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
DEMOCRITUS







