Bigotry is the sacred disease.
HERACLITUSMen who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
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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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Much learning does not teach understanding.
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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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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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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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How can you hide from what never goes away?
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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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All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
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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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The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.
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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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There is nothing permanent except change.
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All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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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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The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.
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