Quote

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

Democritus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Democritus
Mathematician
Philosopher
Democritos
Democritus of Abdera
Laughing Philosopher
Gambling
Idols
Excuse
Luck
Made
Men
Thoughtlessness
Idol

More quotes by Democritus

Image
One should practice much sense, not much learning.
Democritus
Image
These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.
Democritus
Image
In a shared fish, there are no bones.
Democritus
Image
More men have become great through practice than by nature.
Democritus
Image
Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
Democritus
Image
We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and a void.
Democritus
Image
I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
Democritus
Image
The man enslaved to wealth can never be honest.
Democritus
Image
It is hard to fight desire but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
Democritus
Image
Raising children is an uncertain thing success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
Democritus
Image
It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
Democritus
Image
Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.
Democritus
Image
Word is a shadow of a deed.
Democritus
Image
I am the most travelled of all my contemporaries I have extended my field of enquiry wider than anybody else, I have seen more countries and climes, and have heard more speeches of learned men. No one has surpassed me in the composition of lines, according to demonstration, not even the Egyptian knotters of ropes, or geometers.
Democritus
Image
Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
Democritus
Image
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
Democritus
Image
It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.
Democritus
Image
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
Image
You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
Democritus
Image
Nature . . . has buried truth deep in the bottom of the sea.
Democritus