The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
HERACLITUSDoctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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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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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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Character is destiny.
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To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.
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Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.
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Change alone is unchanging.
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Nature loves to hide.
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There is nothing permanent except change.
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It is in changing that we find purpose.
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Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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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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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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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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It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
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The sun is the width of a human foot.
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Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.
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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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Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.
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Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
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All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.
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A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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