Heraclitus Quotes
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The way up and the way down are one and the same.
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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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Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
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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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The fairest order in the world is a heap of random sweepings.
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The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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The only constant in life is change.
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The sun is new each day.
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The world, an entity out of everything, was created by none of the gods or men, but was, is and will be eternally living fire, regularly becoming ignited and reg- ularly becoming extinguished.
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One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.
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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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All entities move and nothing remains still.
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Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things.
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Nature loves to hide.
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If you do not hope, you will not win that which is not hoped for, since it is unattainable and inaccessible.
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Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
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To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.
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Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
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Dogs bark at what they don't understand.
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The opposite is beneficial; from things that differ comes the fairest attunement; all things are born through strife.
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It is wise to agree that all things are one.
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There is nothing permanent in the world except change.
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There is a stability in the Universe because of the orderly and balanced process of change, the same measure coming out as going in, as if reality were a huge fire that inhaled and exhaled equal amounts.
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You cannot step twice into the same river.