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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. (Heraclitus)
All entities move and nothing remains still. View quote
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It is harder to fight against pleasure than against anger. View quote
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Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own. View quote
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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. View quote
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To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do. View quote
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We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play. View quote
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Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls. View quote
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Change alone is unchanging. View quote
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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. View quote
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Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses. (Heraclitus)
It would not be better if things happened to people just as they wish. View quote
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The majority of people have no understanding of the things with which they daily meet, nor, when instructed, do they have any right knowledge of them, although to themselves they seem to have. View quote
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Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed. View quote
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Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. View quote
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Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers. View quote
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Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe. View quote
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It is better to conceal ignorance than to expose it. View quote
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I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets. View quote
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger. View quote
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Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it. (Heraclitus)
The wise is one only. It is unwilling and willing to be called by the name of Zeus. View quote
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Nature loves to hide. View quote
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Change he called a pathway up and down, and this determines the birth of the world. View quote
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All human laws are nourished by one divine law. View quote
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Heraclitus

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Occupation: Greek Philosopher
Born: 535 BC
Died: 480 BC
Quotes count: 82
Wikipedia: Heraclitus

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