Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
DEMOCRITUSMore men have become great through practice than by nature.
More Democritus Quotes
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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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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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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
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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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Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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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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It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.
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Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
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Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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