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Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.

Heraclitus

What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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God Immortal Men
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
Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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Injustice Justice Name
All is flux, nothing stays still.
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Change Deep Flux One Liner Relationship
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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Conflict Fools God Harmony Man People Poet Woman
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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Agree Couple Disagree Relationship
You may travel far and wide but never will you find the boundaries of the soul.
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Boundary Death Life Soul Travel
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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Freedom God King Slave War
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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Envy Happiness Inspirational Jealousy
All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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Act Capacity Men Moderation
Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
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Burn Demand Deserve Doctor Fee Service Sick Torture
A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
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Connection Hide Life Relationship
Dog bark at what they don’t understand.
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Bark Dog Insult Stupidity Understand
To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.
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Boredom Control Inspirational
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.
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Color Soul Thought
Mortals are immortals and immortals are mortals, the one living the others’ death and dying the others’ life.
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Death Immortal Live Mortal

Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.

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