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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.

Heraclitus

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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exchange Fire Gold Wave
The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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Conceal Habit Nature
Bigotry is the sacred disease.
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Disease One Liner Scare
The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.
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Color Soul Thought
Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.
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Help Philosophy Sleep Soul Work Hard World
Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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False Justice Lie Witness
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
Day by day, what you do is who you become.
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Character Inspirational One Liner
All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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Act Capacity Men Moderation
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
Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
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Philosophy Seek Wisdom
Dog bark at what they don’t understand.
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Bark Dog Insult Stupidity Understand
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
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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Awake Forget Ignorance Men
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
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Detail Inspirational Learning Men Particular World
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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Agree Couple Disagree Relationship

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