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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.

Heraclitus

Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.
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Believe Escape Truth
Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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Discover Experience Insight Life
A man’s character is his fate.
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Character Fate Inspirational Man One Liner
Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.
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Divine Knowledge Lost
War is the mother of everything.
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One Liner War
Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become.
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Action Change Choice Fashion Person Personality
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
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
Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
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Claim Defend Opinion Reputation Understand
Nothing endures but change.
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Change Endurance Life One Liner
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
Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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False Justice Lie Witness
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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Buy Cost Desire Hard Heart Soul
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
Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.
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Ears Eyes Men Soul Truth Witness
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
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Break Up Deep Flow Relationship River Step Water

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