Democritus

There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.

There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and read more

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of read more

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but read more

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