A man's character is his fate.

Quote by Heraclitus

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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.

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 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...

Character is destiny.

Character is destiny.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

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...

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...

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...

The sun is new each day.

The sun is new each day.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

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...

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.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

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 -...