Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
HERACLITUSDeliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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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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Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
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Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.
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Greater dooms win greater destinies.
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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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Without injustices, the name of justice would mean what?
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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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You won’t discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.
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The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.
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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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A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
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It is in changing that we find purpose.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
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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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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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The sun is new each day.
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Man is on earth as in an egg.
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Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.
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The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.
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Day by day, what you do is who you become.
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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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To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.
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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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