Men should strive to think much and know little.

Quote by Democritus

Topics: Thinking Quotes

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

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.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

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...

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

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

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

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

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

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...

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

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.

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

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

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

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

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of...

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of...

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy