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Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.

Heraclitus

Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.
HERACLITUS

Divine Knowledge Lost
The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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Desire Life Live Philosophy Satisfaction World
What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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God Immortal Men
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
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Beautiful God Goodness Human Thinking
And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
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Awake Forget Ignorance Men
The poet was a fool who wanted no conflict among us, gods or people. Harmony needs low and high, as progeny needs man and woman.
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Conflict Fools God Harmony Man People Poet Woman
Knowledge is not intelligence.
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Intelligence Knowledge One Liner
Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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False Justice Lie Witness
And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
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Awake Forget Ignorance Men
Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change.
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Chnage Endurance Future Inspirational
Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and earth in the death of water.
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Air Death Earth Fire Live Philosophy Water
Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
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Claim Defend Opinion Reputation Understand
Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.
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Believe Escape Truth
The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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Conceal Habit Nature
You won’t discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.
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Discover Experience Explore Limitation Soul Travel
Man is on earth as in an egg.
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Earth Egg Man

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