“Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.”
Freeman (1948), p. 152
Variant: It is childish, not manly, to have immoderate desires.
Democritus: Man
Democritus is Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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Freeman (1948), p. 163
Variant: The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures. There are some men who are masters of cities but slaves to women.
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“No one deserves to live who has not at least one good-man-and-true for a friend.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“A sensible man takes pleasure in what he has instead of pining for what he has not.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Freeman (1948), p. 166
Variant: Envy is the cause of political division.
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Fragments
“It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.”
Freeman (1948), p. 165
Variant: It is hard to fight with desire; but to overcome it is the mark of a rational man.
“The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.”
Freeman (1948), p. 162
Variant: The needy animal knows how much it needs, but the needy man does not.
“For a man petticoat government is the limit of insolence.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.”
Freeman (1948), p. 166
Durant (1939), Ch. XVI, §II, p. 352 (footnote); citing F. Uberweg, History of Philosophy, New York, 1871, vol. 1, p. 71.
Variant: To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
“Man should know from this rule that he is cut off from truth.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Fragments