To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.
DEMOCRITUSEducation is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
More Democritus Quotes
-
-
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
DEMOCRITUS -
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
DEMOCRITUS -
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
DEMOCRITUS -
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
DEMOCRITUS -
The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
DEMOCRITUS -
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
DEMOCRITUS -
Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
DEMOCRITUS -
Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
DEMOCRITUS -
I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
DEMOCRITUS -
The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
DEMOCRITUS -
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 -
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
DEMOCRITUS -
Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
DEMOCRITUS -
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
DEMOCRITUS -
Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
DEMOCRITUS