All Democritus Quotes
- Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness. Excuse
- Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control. Anger
- The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion. Age
- The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also. Choice
- By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention colour is colour.… Atoms
- The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures Brave
- Envy is the cause of political division. Cause
- The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist. Atoms
- Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character. Breeding
- Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions. Body
- Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man. Child
- The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not. Animal
- Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil. Automatically
- The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but… Brave
- Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist Alone
- The good things of life are produced by learning with hard work; the bad are reaped of their own accord, without hard work. Accord
- Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom. Body
- Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness. Consists
- The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest. Enslaved
- One should practice much sense, not much learning. Inspirational