Applicants for wisdom do what I have done: inquire within
HERACLITUSWhoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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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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Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
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Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
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All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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Time is a game played beautifully by children.
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People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.
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You may travel far and wide but never will you find the boundaries of the soul.
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All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.
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All is flux, nothing stays still.
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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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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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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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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
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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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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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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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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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Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.
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Day by day, what you do is who you become.
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The sun is new each day.
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You won’t discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.
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Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.
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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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Nature loves to hide.
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