Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
HERACLITUSOur envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
HERACLITUSWhat are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
HERACLITUSIt is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
HERACLITUSIf you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.
HERACLITUSNature loves to hide.
HERACLITUSWhen men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
HERACLITUSAll things come into being by conflict of opposites.
HERACLITUSApplicants for wisdom do what I have done: inquire within
HERACLITUSTo 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.
HERACLITUSTo be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
HERACLITUSStupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
HERACLITUSThe road up and the road down is one and the same.
HERACLITUSAnd some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
HERACLITUSNever do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change.
HERACLITUSDoctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
HERACLITUSThe awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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