Democritus Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.”

“Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.”