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Quote of Democritus: The right-minded man is he who...


Biography - Democritus:

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

The right-minded man is he who is not grieved by what he has not, but enjoys what he has.
Democritus - Fragments


Note 

Note



Fragment 231.


Quote source: Fragments


Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Sage est celui qui ne s'afflige pas de ce qui lui manque et se satisfait de ce qu'il possède.
Démocrite - Fragments

German
Wohlverständig ist, wer sich nicht grämt um das, was er nicht hat, sich vielmehr freut über das, was er hat.
Democritus - Fragmente



See also 

See also...



Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
Seneca

Very little is needed to make a happy life.
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

He has what he desires who can limit his desires to what is enough.
Publilius Syrus - Sentences

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Bertrand Russell

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.
Jean de La Bruyere - Les Caractères

All that is mine I carry with me.
Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

Who lives content with little possesses everything.
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux - Épîtres



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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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