Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.
HERACLITUSHistory is a child building a sandcastle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man’s power in the world.
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There is exchange of all things for fire and of fire for all things, as there is of wares for gold and of gold for wares.
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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
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There is nothing permanent except change.
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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
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It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.
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Man is on earth as in an egg.
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All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
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Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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Character is destiny.
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Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.
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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become.
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History is a child building a sandcastle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man’s power in the world.
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It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.
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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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You won’t discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.
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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 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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Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.
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All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
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Greater dooms win greater destinies.
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To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
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The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.
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A man’s character is his fate.
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