“Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.”
— Democritus
“Nothing can come into being from that which is not, or pass away into what is not.”
— Democritus
“If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.”
— Democritus
“Strength and beauty are the blessings of youth; temperance, however, is the flower of old age.”
— Democritus
“Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.”
— Democritus
“The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.”
— Democritus