Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
HERACLITUSWe are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.
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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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Change alone is unchanging.
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Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
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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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Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
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It is in changing that we find purpose.
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Knowledge is not intelligence.
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We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.
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To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
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Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
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The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.
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Nothing is, everything is becoming.
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Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.
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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.
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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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Character is destiny.
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A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
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Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
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The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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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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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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The universal cosmic process was not created by any god or man.
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Nature loves to hide.
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Much learning does not teach understanding.
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Knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.
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