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Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.

Heraclitus

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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Cattle Eternal Fame Goals Mortal People
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.
HERACLITUS

Character Creation Life Patient
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
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Detail Inspirational Learning Men Particular World
Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
HERACLITUS

Discover Experience Insight Life
Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
HERACLITUS

Burn Demand Deserve Doctor Fee Service Sick Torture
Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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Injustice Justice Name
There is nothing permanent except change.
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Change Except Inspirational Life One Liner Permanent
Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
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Alcohol Evening Ignorance Reveal Wine
It is in changing that we find purpose.
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Change Finding One Liner Purpose
Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
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Display Secret Stupidity
It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.
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Anger Difficult Fight Man Revenge Soul
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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Army Battle Fighter Lucky Men Target Warrior
Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.
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Bright Inspirational Light Principle Thinking
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
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Alcohol Hard Hide Ignorance Relax Wine
Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
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Philosophy Seek Wisdom
Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and earth in the death of water.
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Air Death Earth Fire Live Philosophy Water

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