What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
HERACLITUSStupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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Man is on earth as in an egg.
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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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Character is destiny.
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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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Big results require big ambitions.
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Change alone is unchanging.
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Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.
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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.
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To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting.
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Much learning does not teach understanding.
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Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
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Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.
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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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The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man.
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