All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
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Mortals are immortals and immortals are mortals, the one living the others’ death and dying the others’ life.
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Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
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Big results require big ambitions.
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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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Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.
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Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
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Knowledge is not intelligence.
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Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
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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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It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.
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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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Time is a game played beautifully by children.
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All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.
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The sun is the width of a human foot.
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Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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It is in changing that we find purpose.
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If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.
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Character is destiny.
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To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
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The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.
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Nature loves to hide.
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You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
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Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.
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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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