More Fragments of Democritus
Fr. 55
“It is necessary to envy the deeds of the work of virtue not the words.”
ἔργα καὶ πρήξιας ἀρετῆς, οὐ λόγους, ζηλοῦν χρειών
Fr. 56
“Those who are shaped in relation to them will recognize and envy noble things.”
τὰ καλὰ γνωρίζουσι καὶ ζηλοῦσιν οἱ εὐφυέες πρὸς αὐτά.
Fr. 58
“The hopes of those who think correctly are achievable, those of the fools are impossiblities”
ἐλπίδες αἱ τῶν ὀρθὰ φρονεόντων ἐφικταί, αἱ δὲ τῶν ἀξυνέτων ἀδύνατοι
Fr. 59
“Neither art nor wisdom are achievable unless someone learns.”
24. οὔτε τέχνη οὔτε σοφίη ἐφικτόν, ἢν μὴ μάθηι τις
Fr. 60
“It is better to rebuke familiar faults than foreign ones.”
25. κρέσσον τὰ οἰκήϊα ἐλέγχειν ἁμαρτήματα ἢ τὰ ὀθνεῖα
Fr. 61
“it is not good to not commit injustice, but rather to not desire to.”
ἀγαθὸν οὐ τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὸ μηδὲ ἐθέλειν
Fr. 62
“It is good to utter praise for noble works. For it is the work of a charlatan and a deceiver to praise base works.”
εὐλογέειν ἐπὶ καλοῖς ἔργμασι καλόν· τὸ γὰρ ἐπὶ φλαύροισι κιβδήλου καὶ ἀπατεῶνος ἔργον
Fr. 64
“Many who have learned a lot do not have a mind”
πολλοὶ πολυμαθέες νοῦν οὐκ ἔχουσιν
Fr. 65
“It is better to take counsel before actions than to change your mind afterwards”
προβουλεύεσθαι κρεῖσσον πρὸ τῶν πράξεων ἢ μετανοεῖν.
Fr. 66
“Trust those who are right not everyone. One is stupid, the other is the mark of the wise”
μὴ πᾶσιν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς δοκίμοισι πιστεύειν· τὸ μὲν γὰρ εὔηθες, τὸ δὲ σωφρονέοντος.
Fr. 67
“One of esteem and one without it do not only act for different reasons but they desire for different reasons too.”
δόκιμος ἀνὴρ καὶ ἀδόκιμος οὐκ ἐξ ὧν πράσσει μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ὧν βούλεται.
Fr. 68
“Truth and goodness are the same for all people. But pleasure varies from one to another.”
ἀνθρώποις πᾶσι τωὐτὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἀληθές· ἡδὺ δὲ ἄλλωι ἄλλο.
Fr. 69
“It is the mark of a child not an adult to desire without measure.”
παιδός, οὐκ ἀνδρὸς τὸ ἀμέτρως ἐπιθυμεῖν.
Fr. 70
“Untimely pleasures give birth to displeasing things.”
ἡδοναὶ ἄκαιροι τίκτουσιν ἀηδίας.
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