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

Quote by Democritus

Topics: Greek Mythology Quotes

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.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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...

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...

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

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.

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

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...