Democritus

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

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

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

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

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.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.