Quotes by Democritus

About Democritus:

Democritus was an influential Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe.
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Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

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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.

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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

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Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

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Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

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To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

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If thou sustain injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it

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Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

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[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.

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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

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It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

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It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

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I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

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It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.

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Author Bio

  • NameDemocritus
  • DescriptionAncient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
  • CountryAncient Greece
  • ProfessionPhilosopher