Democritus
Democritus
Democrituswas an influential Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe...
mean desire
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
children men desire
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
fighting men desire
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
men desire deeds
You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also his desires.
treasure extensions
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
lying science reality
We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.
men giving useless
Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
soul intellect
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
contentment deeds ifs
If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.
science differences three
These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.
science virtue all-things
All things happen by virtue of necessity.
mean men enemy
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
lacking knows
There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.
good-luck men idols
Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.