Quotes by : Democritus

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

Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

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

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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.....

If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent....

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