In truth we know nothing, for truth lies in the depth.
- Topic: Truth
- Location: Mount Rainier National Park
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More Quotes from Democritus
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Men should strive to think much and know little.
Man is a universe in little.
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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
The liar is no better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.
I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good, content with my harm.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.