Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
HERACLITUSIf you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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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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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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Mortals are immortals and immortals are mortals, the one living the others’ death and dying the others’ life.
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It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.
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Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.
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Silence, healing.
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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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Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
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Greater dooms win greater destinies.
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Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
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The sun is new each day.
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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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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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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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Religion is a disease, but it is a noble disease.
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