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Democritus (Philosopher)

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
— Democritus happiness
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
— Democritus space
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
— Democritus life
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
— Democritus good
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
— Democritus men
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
— Democritus self
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
— Democritus pain
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
— Democritus happiness
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
— Democritus greed
It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
— Democritus god
Men should strive to think much and know little.
— Democritus think
It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.
— Democritus
Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
— Democritus universe
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
— Democritus loss
Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
— Democritus god
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
— Democritus man
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
— Democritus desire
I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
— Democritus true
I am the most travelled of all my contemporaries; I have extended my field of enquiry wider than anybody else, I have seen more countries and climes, and have heard more speeches of learned men. No one has surpassed me in the composition of lines, according to demonstration, not even the Egyptian knotters of ropes, or geometers.
— Democritus men

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