Quotes by Democritus

Democritus

According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an order. In truth, there are atoms and a void.

Hot

Order

Sweet

By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention color is color. 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.

Real

Sweet

Truth

Coition is a slight attack of apoplexy. For man gushes forth from man, and is separated by being torn apart with a kind of blow.

Blow

Men

Torn Apart

Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.

Body

Disease

Home

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Education

Ornaments

Unfortunate

Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.

Doe

Lying

In a shared fish, there are no bones.

Bones

Fishes

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

Communication

Inspirational

Talking

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Desire

Fighting

Men

Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.

Endure

Magnanimity

Mildness

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Quotes by Democritus

Democritus

According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an order. In truth, there are atoms and a void.

Coition is a slight attack of apoplexy. For man gushes forth from man, and is separated by being torn apart with a kind of blow.

Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Happiness does not reside in strength or money; it lies in rightness and many-sidedness.

In a shared fish, there are no bones.

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

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness.

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