Quote of Democritus: The word is the shadow of...
Biography - Democritus:
Greek philosopher.
Born: -460 - Died: -370
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Born: -460 - Died: -370
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
The word is the shadow of the deed.
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Quotes for: shadow
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Quotes for: word
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
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