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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.

Heraclitus

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
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
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
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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Difficult Expectation Hope Life Surprise Unexpected
Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.
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Bright Inspirational Light Principle Thinking
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
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Detail Inspirational Learning Men Particular World
Nothing is, everything is becoming.
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Change Life One Liner Philosophy
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
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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Awake Forget Ignorance Men
Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
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Indeed Love Men Wisdom
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
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Beautiful God Goodness Human Thinking
Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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False Justice Lie Witness
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
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Alcohol Hard Hide Ignorance Relax Wine
Greater dooms win greater destinies.
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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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All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
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Come Conflict Opposite Philosophy

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