Top Democritus Quotes - Quotesmemo.com

Democritus Biography

Democritus (/dɪˈmɒkrɪtəs/; Greek: Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people"; c. 460 – c. 370 BC) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe.

Read about Democritus in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Democritus Quotes

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

Desire, Good, Mean, Merely, Wrong

The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures

Enemies, Man, Men, Overcomes, Philosophical, Philosophy

Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.

Luxuries, Luxury, Meal, Meals, Men, Provides

Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.

Body, Finding Happiness, Happiness, Mean, Men

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

Inspirational, Men, Unfortunate, Wrongdoer, Wronged

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

Desiring, Life, Man, Men, Poor, Vaccines

All things happen by virtue of necessity.

All Things, Happen, Science, Things, Virtue

Poor mind, from the senses you take your arguments, and then want to defeat them? Your victory is your defeat.

Arguments, Defeat, Mind, Take, Victory, Want

There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.

Lacking, Knows, Wisdom, Things, Know

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

Breeding, Cattle, Character, Health, Men

Moving in space, the atoms originally were individual units, but inevitable they began to collide with each other, and in cases where their shapes were such as to permit them to interlock, they began to form clusters. Water, air, fire, and earth, these are simply different clusters of the changeless atoms.

Moving, Science, Space, Units, Water

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

Brave, Cities, Men, Pleasures

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

Democracy, Slavery, Poverty, Under, Freedom

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.

Divine, Divinity, Inspiration, Poet, Poets, Writing

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

Sex, Intercourse, Slight, Attack, Sexual, Apoplexy

The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.

Enslaved, Honest, Man, Men, Wealth

People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.

Children, Hypocrisy, Make, People, Saying

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

Pride, Age, Youth, Discretion, Beauty

One should practice much sense, not much learning.

Learning, Practice, Sense, Should

By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention colour is colour. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.

Bitter, Real, Regard, Sweet, Truth

1