One should practice much sense, not much learning.
DEMOCRITUSDisease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
More Democritus Quotes
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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More men have become great through practice than by nature.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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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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The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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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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Nature has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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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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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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The word is the shadow of the deed.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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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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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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