The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

Quote by Heraclitus

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Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

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

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

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

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 -...

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...

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...

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

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.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is unchanging.

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.

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.