Quote

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

Democritus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Democritus
Mathematician
Philosopher
Democritos
Democritus of Abdera
Laughing Philosopher
Fools
Cease
Fool
Men

More quotes by Democritus

Image
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
Democritus
Image
Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.
Democritus
Image
Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
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
Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
Democritus
Image
Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold.
Democritus
Image
Raising children is an uncertain thing success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
Democritus
Image
Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
Democritus
Image
Envy creates the beginning of strife.
Democritus
Image
One should practice much sense, not much learning.
Democritus
Image
Man is a universe in little [Microcosm].
Democritus
Image
Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity. For Chance rarely conflicts with intelligence, and most things in life can be set in order by an intelligent sharpsightedness.
Democritus
Image
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.
Democritus
Image
The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
Democritus
Image
It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
Democritus
Image
Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
Democritus
Image
The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other for envy creates the beginning of strife.
Democritus
Image
Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.
Democritus