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.
HERACLITUSNever do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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The sun is the width of a human foot.
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To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.
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All are one.
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What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
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Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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There is nothing permanent except change.
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If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.
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The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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Nothing is, everything is becoming.
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Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
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A man’s character is his fate.
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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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How can you hide from what never goes away?
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Greater dooms win greater destinies.
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