Democritus

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.

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

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

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

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

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.