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

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.

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.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

Character is destiny.

Character is destiny.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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 -...

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.