You Can Tell The Man Who Rings

The Whole Earth Is At The Hand Of The Wise Man, Since The Fatherland Of An Elevated Soul Is The Universe.

According To Convention There Is A Sweet And A Bitter, A Hot And A Cold, And According To Convention, There Is An Order. In Truth, There Are Atoms And A Void.

It Is Better To Destroy One's Own Errors Than Those Of Others.

By Convention Sweet Is Sweet, By Convention Bitter Is Bitter, By Convention Hot Is Hot, By Convention Cold Is Cold, By Convention Color Is Color. But In Reality There Are Atoms And The Void. That Is, The Objects Of Sense Are Supposed To Be Real And It Is Customary To Regard Them As Such, But In Truth They Are Not. Only The Atoms And The Void Are Real.

Now As Of Old The Gods Give Men All Good Things, Excepting Only Those That Are Baneful And Injurious And Useless. These, Now As Of Old, Are Not Gifts Of The Gods: Men Stumble Into Them Themselves Because Of Their Own Blindness And Folly.