Democritus
Democritus
Democrituswas an influential Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe...
wise men good-man
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
wise men land
To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.
wise men differences
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.
wise men hands
The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe.
wise home men
The wise man’s home is the universe.
wise country home
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world
treasure extensions
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
lying science reality
We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.
men giving useless
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.
soul intellect
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
contentment deeds ifs
If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.
science differences three
These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.
science virtue all-things
All things happen by virtue of necessity.
mean men enemy
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.