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

Quote by Heraclitus

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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

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...

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

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...

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

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...

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...

Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

The sun is new each day.

The sun is new each day.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

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...

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...

A man's character is his fate.

A man's character is his fate.