Democritus Quotes
- If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
- Men should strive to think much and know little.
- Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
- Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
- I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
- It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
- 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…
- Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
- The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world
- We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.
- Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.
- Happiness resides not in possessions and not in golds; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus