What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
HERACLITUSMen that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
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Bigotry is the sacred disease.
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Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
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If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.
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Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.
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Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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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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You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
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Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.
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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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Time is a game played beautifully by children.
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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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A man’s character is his fate.
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It is in changing that we find purpose.
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