The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.
DemocritusSweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist
DemocritusThe first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist.
DemocritusThe man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
DemocritusNature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.
DemocritusI 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