Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.
HERACLITUSSilence, healing.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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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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Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
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The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.
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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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It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
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The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
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All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.
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Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.
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Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
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Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.
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All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.
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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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Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.
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To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.
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A man’s character is his fate.
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War is the mother of everything.
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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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To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
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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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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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