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About Democritus
Democritus (c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He is popularly known as "the laughing philosopher" for advocating a cheerful outlook, and for his rhetorical use of irony and ridicule. A pupil of Leucippus, he was an influential pre-Socratic philosopher who formulated an atomic theory of the universe. Of his voluminous writings, only a few fragments of his ethical theory remain, with descriptions by other writers of his atomic theory.
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Additional quotes by Democritus
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
He is a sensible man who does not grieve for what he has not, but enjoys what he has.
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.