The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
DEMOCRITUSSoul and intellect are just the same things.
More Democritus Quotes
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In a shared fish, there are no bones.
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Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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Life unexamined, is not worth living.
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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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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
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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.
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Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.
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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
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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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Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
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The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
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