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Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.
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Judgment Steer True Wisdom
A man’s character is his fate.
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Character Fate Inspirational Man One Liner
War is the mother of everything.
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One Liner War
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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Break Up Deep Flow Relationship River Step Water
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
Much learning does not teach understanding.
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Inspirational Learning Teaching Understand
Nature loves to hide.
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Hide Love Nature One Liner
What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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God Immortal Men
Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.
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Accurate Ears Eyes Truth Witness
Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.
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Justice Realize War
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
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Character Creation Life Patient
There is exchange of all things for fire and of fire for all things, as there is of wares for gold and of gold for wares.
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exchange Fire Gold Wave
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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Envy Happiness Inspirational Jealousy
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
Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
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Alcohol Evening Ignorance Reveal Wine
Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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Injustice Justice Name
Day by day, what you do is who you become.
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Character Inspirational One Liner
Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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Discover Experience Insight Life
Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
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Burn Demand Deserve Doctor Fee Service Sick Torture
When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
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Awake Common Dreams Men World
All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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Act Capacity Men Moderation
Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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Act Consist Speak Truth Wisdom
To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
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Act Nature Speak Truth Virtue Wisdom
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
Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.
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Investigation Love Wisdom
The 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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Conflict Fools God Harmony Man People Poet Woman
You may travel far and wide but never will you find the boundaries of the soul.
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Boundary Death Life Soul Travel

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