Author: Democritus

Quotes

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

- Democritus

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

- Democritus

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

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

- Democritus

Men should strive to think much and know little.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

- Democritus

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

- Democritus

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

- Democritus

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

- Democritus

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

- Democritus

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