Quotes by : Democritus

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions,....

[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

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

By convention sweet and by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention color;....

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

If thou sustain injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it

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

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.