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You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

Heraclitus

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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Cattle Eternal Fame Goals Mortal People
Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change.
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Chnage Endurance Future Inspirational
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.
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Conflict Fools God Harmony Man People Poet Woman
What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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God Immortal Men
Greater dooms win greater destinies.
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Destiny Motivational One Liner
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
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Beautiful God Goodness Human Thinking
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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Army Battle Fighter Lucky Men Target Warrior
Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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Children King Lifetime Piece Play
You may travel far and wide but never will you find the boundaries of the soul.
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Boundary Death Life Soul Travel
Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.
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Accurate Ears Eyes Truth Witness
It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
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Emotion Fight Life Pleasure
Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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Discover Experience Insight Life
The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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Desire Life Live Philosophy Satisfaction World
Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
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Indeed Love Men Wisdom
To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.
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God Men Philosophy Right Wrong
The sun is new each day.
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Deep One Liner Sun Sunrise

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