Quote of Democritus: He who tries to give intelligent...

Biography - Democritus:

Greek philosopher.
Born: -460 - Died: -370
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Greece

He who tries to give intelligent advice to one who thinks he has intelligence, is wasting his time.

Democritus - Fragments

Translation

(French, German)

C'est perdre son temps que de vouloir amener à la raison quiconque s'imagine seulement être doué de raison.

Démocrite - Fragments

Wer den, der sich einbildet Verstand zu haben, zu Verstand bringen will, vergeudet seine Zeit.

Democritus - Fragmente

See also...

Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. And in this it is not likely that all are mistaken: the conviction is rather to be held as testifying that the power of judging aright and of distinguishing truth from error, which is properly what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men; and that the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely from this, that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects. For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

René Descartes - Discourse on the Method

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It is better to deliberate before action than to repent afterwards.

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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

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