Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
HERACLITUSEven what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting.
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What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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Time is a game played beautifully by children.
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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 and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.
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The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.
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Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
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Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
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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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Day by day, what you do is who you become.
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The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.
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War is the mother of everything.
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There is nothing permanent except change.
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