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Quotes From Democritus

Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher known for developing an atomic theory of the universe. Some of his key ideas include: 1) Happiness comes from living with uprightness and wisdom, not through possessions or the body. 2) A wise man sees the whole world as his home, belonging to all countries. 3) Moderation leads to greater pleasures than excess. Virtue is not just avoiding harming others but also not wishing to harm them.

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Quotes From Democritus

Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher known for developing an atomic theory of the universe. Some of his key ideas include: 1) Happiness comes from living with uprightness and wisdom, not through possessions or the body. 2) A wise man sees the whole world as his home, belonging to all countries. 3) Moderation leads to greater pleasures than excess. Virtue is not just avoiding harming others but also not wishing to harm them.

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Democritus

My enemy is not the man who…. wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong
me."
Men find happiness… neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but
through uprightness and wisdom."

“The wise man’s home is the universe.”


"Happiness resides not in possessions, happiness dwells in the soul."
"The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the
whole world."
"Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds."
"It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others."
"The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess."
"The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in
discretion."
"If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite
makes poverty equivalent to wealth."
"Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions."
"Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-
sidedness."
"The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence
and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world.”
"You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his
deeds alone, but also by his desires."
"It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man."
"Many much-learned men have no intelligence."
"Man is a universe in little [Microcosm]."
"The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not."
"Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of
battle and worry."
"Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man."
"We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in
reality there are atoms and a void."
"The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged."
"Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate."
"My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong
me."
"Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure."
"Virtue isn't not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others."
"No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.”
"In a shared fish, there are no bones."
"Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of
his character.”
"The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is
stronger than pleasures."
"Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions,
but through uprightness and wisdom."
"People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of
their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their
despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy."
"One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only
wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities."
"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion."

Used
"It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all."
"The wise man’s home is the universe."

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