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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Heraclitus

Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
HERACLITUS

Indeed Love Men Wisdom
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
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
To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
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Act Nature Speak Truth Virtue Wisdom
Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
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Alcohol Evening Ignorance Reveal Wine
There is nothing permanent except change.
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Change Except Inspirational Life One Liner Permanent
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
A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
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Connection Hide Life Relationship
Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
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Deliberate Fire Violence
Dog bark at what they don’t understand.
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Bark Dog Insult Stupidity Understand
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
The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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Conceal Habit Nature
When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
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Awake Common Dreams Men World
The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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Philosophy Road Same
Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.
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Bright Inspirational Light Principle Thinking
Day by day, what you do is who you become.
HERACLITUS

Character Inspirational One Liner

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

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