“He who does wrong is more unhappy than he who suffers wrong.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“There are few people who are more often wrong than those who cannot suffer being wrong.”
Il n'y a point de gens qui aient plus souvent tort que ceux qui ne peuvent souffrir d'en avoir.
Maxim 386.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
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David Levithan book Every Day
Source: Every Day
“Of those who want us to be wrong and those who want us to be right.”
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“Those who trusted at the wrong time and place will in turn mistrust at the wrong time and place.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Der am unrechten Orte vertraute, wird dafür am unrechten Orte mißtrauen.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 29.
