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

Quote by Heraclitus

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Insecurity Quotes

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Character is destiny.

Character is destiny.

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.

Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is unchanging.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.