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.
HERACLITUSAll is flux, nothing stays still.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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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 nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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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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How can you hide from what never goes away?
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Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
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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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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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War is the mother of everything.
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We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.
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Greater dooms win greater destinies.
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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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Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
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The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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