People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.
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More Heraclitus Quotes
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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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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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Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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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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Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.
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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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We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.
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The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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Greater dooms win greater destinies.
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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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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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All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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Knowledge is not intelligence.
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Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.
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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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Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
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The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.
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Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.
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To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.
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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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Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change.
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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny – it is the light that guides your way.
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