Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.”
Book I, ch. 16.
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