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Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.

Heraclitus

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
Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
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Abundance Knowledge Men Teaching Wise
What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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God Immortal Men
The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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Conceal Habit Nature
Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
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Indeed Love Men Wisdom
War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.
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Freedom God King Slave War
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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Air Death Earth Fire Live Philosophy Water
If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.
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Difficult Expectation Hope Life Surprise Unexpected
No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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Danger Encounter Prosperity
History is a child building a sandcastle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man’s power in the world.
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Build Children History Majesty Man Power Sea World
Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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False Justice Lie Witness
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
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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Boredom Control Inspirational
Mortals are immortals and immortals are mortals, the one living the others’ death and dying the others’ life.
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Death Immortal Live Mortal
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
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Alcohol Hard Hide Ignorance Relax Wine

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