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To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.

Heraclitus

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
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
Bigotry is the sacred disease.
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Disease One Liner Scare
Dog bark at what they don’t understand.
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Bark Dog Insult Stupidity Understand
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
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Beautiful God Goodness Human Thinking
All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
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Come Conflict Opposite Philosophy
Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.
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Accurate Ears Eyes Truth Witness
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
It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.
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Buy Cost Desire Hard Heart Soul
The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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Philosophy Road Same
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny – it is the light that guides your way.
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Character Choice Color Principle Soul Thought
The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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Desire Life Live Philosophy Satisfaction World
The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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Awake Deep Private Share Sleep World
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
Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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Injustice Justice Name
Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.
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Divine Knowledge Lost

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