Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
HERACLITUSWhat are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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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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The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.
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The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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Silence, healing.
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What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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Nothing endures but change.
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Man is on earth as in an egg.
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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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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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Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
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Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
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Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.
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It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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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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