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

Quote by Heraclitus

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Big results require big ambitions.

Big results require big ambitions.

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.

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 best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most...

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

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 -...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.