Men Quotes by Democritus

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

— Democritus

The wise man’s home is the universe.

— Democritus

Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

— Democritus

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

— Democritus

The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.

— Democritus

Men should strive to think much and know little.

— Democritus

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

— Democritus

Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

— Democritus

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

— Democritus

It is hard to fight against anger: to master it is the mark of a rational man.

— Democritus

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.

— Democritus

Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.

— Democritus

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

— Democritus

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter…

— Democritus

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

— Democritus

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

— Democritus

One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the…

— Democritus

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These,…

— Democritus

Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity. For Chance rarely conflicts with intelligence, and most…

— Democritus

I am the most travelled of all my contemporaries; I have extended my field of enquiry wider than anybody else, I have…

— Democritus

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

— Democritus

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

— Democritus

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

— Democritus

Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

— Democritus

The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures

— Democritus

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

— Democritus

Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.

— Democritus

Man is a universe in little [Microcosm].

— Democritus

Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.

— Democritus

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters…

— Democritus

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and…

— Democritus

The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe.

— Democritus

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also his…

— Democritus

To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.

— Democritus

Coition is a slight attack of apoplexy. For man gushes forth from man, and is separated by being torn apart with a…

— Democritus

The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the…

— Democritus