A man’s character is his fate.
HERACLITUSAnd 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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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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Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.
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The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
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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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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.
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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
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The sun is new each day.
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If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.
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Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.
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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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Silence, healing.
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