By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
DemocritusMany much-learned men have no intelligence.
DemocritusTag: intelligence knowledge
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.
DemocritusTag: trust
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
DemocritusEverywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
DemocritusNo one regards the things before his feet, But views with care the regions of the sky.
DemocritusIf your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
DemocritusTag: desire
One will seem to promote virtue better by using encouragement and persuasion of speech than law and necessity. For it is likely that he who is held back from wrongdoing by law will err in secret but that he who is urged to what he should by persuasion will do nothing wrong either in secret or openly. Therefore he who acts rightly from understanding and knowledge proves to be at the same time courageous and right-minded.
DemocritusMen achieve cheerfulness by moderation in pleasure and by proportion in their life excess and deficiency are apt to fluctuate and cause great changes in the soul. And souls which change over great intervals are neither stable nor cheerful. So one should set one's mind on what is possible and be content with what one has taking little account of those who are admired and envied and not dwelling on them in thought but one should consider the lives of those who are in distress thinking of their grievous sufferings so that what one has and possesses will seem great and enviable and one will cease to suffer in one's soul through the desire for more.
DemocritusEverything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.
DemocritusTag: science philosophy
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