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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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...

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

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.

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

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

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

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...

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

The sun is new each day.

The sun is new each day.

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...

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little...

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little...

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular...

Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular...

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...

Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is unchanging.

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...