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Heraclitus

All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.
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Inspirational Life
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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Appreciation Disease Enjoyment Health Hunger Inspirational Sweet Tired Want
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.
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Color Soul Thought
The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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Conceal Habit Nature
Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become.
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Action Change Choice Fashion Person Personality
The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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Awake Deep Private Share Sleep World
All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
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Come Conflict Opposite Philosophy
Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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Act Consist Speak Truth Wisdom
It is in changing that we find purpose.
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Change Finding One Liner Purpose
Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
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Abundance Knowledge Men Teaching Wise
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
Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
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Indeed Love Men Wisdom
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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Awake Forget Ignorance Men
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
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
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

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