Top 24 Notable Quotes By Democritus That Might Reorient Your Line Of Thought | Bright Quotes
1) Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
2) Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
3) Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
4) By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
5) Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
6) Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
7) If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
8) Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
9) To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
10) Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
11) No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
12) It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
13) No one regards the things before his feet, But views with care the regions of the sky.
14) Accept nothing pleasant unless it is beneficial.
15) The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
16) Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and weaknesses.
17) [I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
18) Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
19) One man means as much to me as a multitude, and a multitude only as much as one man.
20) Men ask for health in their prayers to the gods: they do not realize that the power to achieve it lies in themselves. Lacking self-control, they perform contrary actions and betray health to their desires.
21) We know nothing truly about anything, but for each of us opining is a rearrangement of soul atoms.
22) We know nothing truly about anything, but for each of us opining is a rearrangement of soul atoms.
23) Nature and teaching are closely related; for teaching reforms a person, and by reforming remakes his nature.
24) If thou sustain injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
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