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Category: Democritus

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

Brainy, Opinion, Nothing

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

Happiness, Soul, Gold

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Loss, Beginning, Gain

[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

knowledge, truth, understanding

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

blame, echo, fate, man, mistake, nature, passions, weakness

If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

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

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

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

knowledge, power, treasure

Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

intelligence, knowledge

By convention sweet and by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention color; but in reality atoms and void.

atoms, existence, philosophy, reality, void

To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

fatherland, humanity, moral-circle