Much learning does not teach understanding.

Quote by Heraclitus

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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...

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 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...

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...

A man's character is his fate.

A man's character is his fate.

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.

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

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

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

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...

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

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

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.

Character is destiny.

Character is destiny.

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

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

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...

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

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...

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

Call a girl pretty, and she'll forget it in an hour. Call a girl ugly,...

Call a girl pretty, and she'll forget it in an hour. Call a girl ugly,...