Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

Quote by Heraclitus

Topics: Heraclitus Quotes

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have...

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have...

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little...

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little...

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor...

I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor...

Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is unchanging.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

Character is destiny.

Character is destiny.

If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it...

If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it...

Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most...

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most...

A man's character is his fate.

A man's character is his fate.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

The sun is new each day.

The sun is new each day.

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all...

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all...