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

Quote by Heraclitus

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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...

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

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

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...

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 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 cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

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.

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

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

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

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.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

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.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is unchanging.

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...

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

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.