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

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...

A man's character is his fate.

A man's character is his fate.

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

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

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

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

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.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

Change alone is unchanging.

Change alone is unchanging.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

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...

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...

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

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...

Character is destiny.

Character is destiny.

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...