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

Quote by Heraclitus

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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...

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...

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 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 -...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

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

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

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

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

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

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...

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.

A man's character is his fate.

A man's character is his fate.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.