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.
HERACLITUSOut 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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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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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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What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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Silence, healing.
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Change alone is unchanging.
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Applicants for wisdom do what I have done: inquire within
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You won’t discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.
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Character is destiny.
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The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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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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Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
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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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The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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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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Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
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