Posters
Wallpaper

black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Democritus Quote - 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.

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.

Related Topics

Children Excuse Greedy Human Nature People

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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

Children Excuse Greedy Human Nature People
The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
DEMOCRITUS

Animal Man Need Philosophy
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
DEMOCRITUS

Moderation Pain Pleasure Throw Wind
Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUS

Anger Control Fight Hard Inspirational Man Prudent
The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
DEMOCRITUS

Honesty Man Slave Wealth
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
DEMOCRITUS

Body Disease Freedom Healing Medicine Passion Positive Soul Wisdom
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
DEMOCRITUS

Battle Children Raise Reach Success Uncertain Worry
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
DEMOCRITUS

Men Prudent Trust Worth
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
DEMOCRITUS

Intelligence Learning Men
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.
DEMOCRITUS

Confidence Development Discourage Faith Laugh Negative Oneself People Person Root
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
DEMOCRITUS

Extension Knowledge Power Treasure
Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
DEMOCRITUS

Moderation Pleasure
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
DEMOCRITUS

Greedy Human Nature Listen Talk Want
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
DEMOCRITUS

Doer Fake Man Unfortunate Wrong
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
DEMOCRITUS

Desire Equivalent Inspirational Poverty Wealth
Life unexamined, is not worth living.
DEMOCRITUS

Explanation Inspirational Life Live One Liner Worth

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes