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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The sun is new each day.

The sun is new each day.

Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

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...

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.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

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...

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

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...

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

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

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