Democritus

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.

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.