It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

Quote by Heraclitus

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Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

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...

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

A man's character is his fate.

A man's character is his fate.

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...

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

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...

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.

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

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

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

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...

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it -...

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it -...