"Happiness resides not in possessions and not in……" — Democritus

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• According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in… — Charles Francis Richter
• 'By convention there is color, by convention sweetness, by convention bitterness, but in reality there are atoms and the void,'… — Edward Robert Harrison
• Anaximenes and Anaxagoras and Democritus say that its [the earth's] flatness is responsible for it staying still: for it does… — Aristotle
• One must state it plainly. Religion comes from the period of human pre-history where nobody - not even the mighty… — Christopher Hitchens
• Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down." — Diogenes
• I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to… — Horace Walpole
• At first sight nothing seems more obvious than that everything has a beginning and an end, and that everything can… — Svante Arrhenius
• He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing… — Leon M. Lederman
• The British philosopher Bertrand Russell said that philosophy went downhill after Democritus and did not recover until the Renaissance. — Leon M. Lederman
• Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau! Mock on, mock on: 'Tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the… — William Blake
• Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions. — Plutarch
• You should rather suppose that those are involved in worthwhile duties who wish to have daily as their closest friends… — Seneca the Younger

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