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

Quote by Democritus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference...

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference...

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

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

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

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

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

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that...

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that...

Men should strive to think much and know little.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

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

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

Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this...

Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this...

There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating

There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating