Frag. 55 (Diels) [tr. Bakewell (1907)] - Democritus | WIST Quotations
One should emulate works and deeds of virtue, not arguments about it. [Ἔργα καὶ πρήξιας ἀρετῆς, οὐ λόγους, ζηλοῦν χρειών.] Cited in Diels as "55. (121 N.) DEMOKRATES. 21"; collected in Joannes Stobaeus (Stobaios) Anthologium II, 15, 36. Bakewell lists this under "The Golden Sayings of Democritus." Freeman notes this…
