Much learning does not teach understanding.

Quote by Heraclitus

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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 -...

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing...

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing...

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

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

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

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is...

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is...

A man's character is his fate.

A man's character is his fate.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust...

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust...

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.

Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.

Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

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

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

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

The sun is new each day.

The sun is new each day.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river...

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river...

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.

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...

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...

Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is unchanging.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.