The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

Quote by Heraclitus

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

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.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

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...

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.

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...

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

A man's character is his fate.

A man's character is his fate.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

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.

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.

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...

Character is destiny.

Character is destiny.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

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.