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

Quote by Democritus

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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...

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.

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...

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

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

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

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

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...

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

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.

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.

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.

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some...

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some...

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out...

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out...