Democritus

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

In a shared fish there are no bones.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

We think there is color we think there is sweet we think there is bitter but in reality there are atoms and a void.

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.

The wise man belongs to all countries for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

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.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

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

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

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

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

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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

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.

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

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.

Do not trust all men but trust men of worth the former course is silly the latter a mark of prudence.

We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.

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

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

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions his mistakes and weaknesses.

The offender who repents is not yet lost.

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.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.