If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses. - Democritus
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
- Democritus
Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy. - Democritus
Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest. - Democritus
The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world. - Democritus
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me. - Democritus
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
Life unexamined, is not worth living. - Democritus
Life unexamined, is not worth living.
We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss. - Democritus
We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. - Democritus
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom. - Democritus
Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.
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