No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
HERACLITUSDoctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
More Heraclitus Quotes
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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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What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change.
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War is the mother of everything.
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The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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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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It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
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Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
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A man’s character is his fate.
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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
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Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
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There is nothing permanent except change.
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