Democritus

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.

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

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.

It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.

It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.