Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
DEMOCRITUSNothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
More Democritus Quotes
-
-
Envy creates the beginning of strife.
DEMOCRITUS -
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
DEMOCRITUS -
Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
DEMOCRITUS -
Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
DEMOCRITUS -
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
DEMOCRITUS -
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
DEMOCRITUS -
Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
DEMOCRITUS -
Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
DEMOCRITUS -
Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
DEMOCRITUS -
Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.
DEMOCRITUS -
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
DEMOCRITUS -
Life unexamined, is not worth living.
DEMOCRITUS -
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
DEMOCRITUS -
The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
DEMOCRITUS -
Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
DEMOCRITUS







