"Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence." ― Democritus Topic(s): Men More From Democritus "Men should strive to think much and know little." "Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss." "Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul." More In Men "Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike."― Alexander Hamilton "Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot."― Niccolo Machiavelli "When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man."― Diogenes