Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUSThe word is the shadow of the deed.
More Democritus Quotes
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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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Fortune provides a man’s table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.
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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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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Soul and intellect are just the same things.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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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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