Heraclitus quotes
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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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“It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.”
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“The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.”
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“Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.”
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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.”
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“No same man could walk through the same river twice, as the man and the river have since changed.”
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“Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.”
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“A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.”
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“The Sibyl, with frenzied mouth uttering things not to be laughed at, unadorned and unperfumed, yet reaches to a thousand years with her voice by aid of the god.”
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“The best of men choose one thing in preference to all else, immortal glory in preference to mortal good; whereas the masses simply glut themselves like cattle.”
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“Those who love wisdom must investigate many things”
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“Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.”
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“Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.”
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“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.”
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“Heraclitus somewhere says that all things are in process and nothing stays still, and likening existing things to the stream of a river he says that you would not step twice into the same river.”
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“Nothing endures but change. There is nothing permanent except change. All is flux, nothing stays still.”
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“The way up and the way down are one and the same.”
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“All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.”
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“Day by day, what you do is who you become.”
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“Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.”
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“Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.”
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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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“Nature is wont to hide herself”
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“Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things”
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“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
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“Learning many things does not teach understanding”
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“Everything flows and nothing abides, everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.”
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“Under the comb, the tangle and the straight path are the same.”
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“Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers.”
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“Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.”
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“Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.”
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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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“History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the world.”
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“The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.”
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“Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.”
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