And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
HERACLITUSThe 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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The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.
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When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
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What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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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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To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
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To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
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Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
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Nothing is, everything is becoming.
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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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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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We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.
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Day by day, what you do is who you become.
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