The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist — Democritus Copy Share Image
These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination. — Democritus Copy Share Image
By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention… — Democritus Copy Share Image
According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an… — Democritus Copy Share Image
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus Copy Share Image
We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and… — Democritus Copy Share Image
“By convention sweet and by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention color; but in reality atoms and void.” — Democritus Copy Share Image
Moving in space, the atoms originally were individual units, but inevitable they began to collide with each other, and in cases where… — Democritus Copy Share Image
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth. — Democritus Copy Share Image
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness. — Democritus Copy Share Image
People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse… — Democritus Copy Share Image
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. — Democritus Copy Share Image
