Heraclitus Quotes
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All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.
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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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Invisible harmony is better than visible.
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The most beautiful ape is ugly when compared to a human. The wisest human will seem like an ape when compared to a god with respect to wisdom, beauty, and everything else.
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Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeated all things.
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May you have plenty of wealth, you men of Ephesus, in order that you may be punished for your evil ways.
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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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It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one.
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Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.
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Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
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Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
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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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Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.
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What sense or thought do they have? They follow the popular singers, and they take the crowd as their teacher.
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The people must fight for their laws as for their walls.
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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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He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored.
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The people should fight for the law as for their city wall.
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You may travel far and wide but never will you find the boundaries of the soul.
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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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The outcomes are in incredible need more prominent desire.
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We circle in the night and we are devoured by fire.