Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
HERACLITUSIt is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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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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To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
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Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
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The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.
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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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Character is destiny.
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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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The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.
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Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
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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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A man’s character is his fate.
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The sun is the width of a human foot.
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Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
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When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common 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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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
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It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
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All are one.
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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.
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Much learning does not teach understanding.
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