A man's character is his fate.

Quote by Heraclitus

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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.

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular...

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular...

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

The sun is new each day.

The sun is new each day.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.

All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.

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

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

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...

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 -...

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

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

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

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

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

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...

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

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...

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...

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...

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

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...

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.