Democritus Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: 460 BC - 370 BC
Birthday: 460 BC
Death: 370 BC
The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.
source: "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 166), 1948.
