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Heraclitus
Greek
Philosopher
About the author
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.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Control
The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#People
#Goal
#Fame
Much learning does not teach understanding.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Understanding
#Learning
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#World
#Men
Nothing endures but change.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Nothing
#Change
Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Harmony
#Opposition
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Happiness
#Envy
The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Eyes
The sun is new each day.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Day
#Sun
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Play
#Man
#Seriousness
There is nothing permanent except change.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Nothing
#Change
Nature is wont to hide herself.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Nature
To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#God
You cannot step into the same river twice.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Rivers
The way up and the way down are one and the same.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Danger
#Prosperity
Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
#Justice
#Lies
A man's character is his fate.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Character
#Man
#Fate
A man's character is his guardian divinity.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Character
#Man
#Divinity
Big results require big ambitions.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Results
Bigotry is the sacred disease.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Disease
#Bigotry
Character is destiny.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Character
#Destiny
Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Violence
#Fire
Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Universe
#Workers
Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#People
#Poor
#Eyes
God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#God
#Day
#War
#Peace
#Night
#Summer
#Winter
#Hunger
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.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Character
#Day
#Effort
Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
#Ignorance
#Evening
#Wine
I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Poets
#Libraries
If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
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,
Greek
Philosopher
#Heart
#Soul
#Desire
#Wishes
Change alone is unchanging.
Heraclitus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Change