Democritus Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

  Democritus

  Men, Desire, Deeds

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

• If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

  Democritus

  Desire, Littles, Poverty

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 170), 1948.

• It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

  Democritus

  Fighting, Men, Desire

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 165), 1948.

• Good means not [merely] not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

  Democritus

  Mean, Desire

  "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

• One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities.

  Democritus

  Wise, Men, Differences

• Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

  Democritus

  Children, Men, Desire

  "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 152), 1948.

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