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“Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.”
Heraclitus
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On Nature
“Wisdom . . . is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“A man's character is his guardian divinity.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing, for the known way is an impasse.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“It is hard to fight against impulsive desire. Whatever it wants it will buy at the cost of the soul.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters and yet others go ever flowing on.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“Much learning does not teach understanding, otherwise it would have taught Hesiod and Pythagoras, Xenophanes and Hecataeus.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“Even sleepers and dreamers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the universe.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work, and helps make something of the world.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“The people should fight for their law as for their city wall.”
Heraclitus
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On Nature
“Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find truth, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“It is in changing that things find repose.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“And Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.”
Heraclitus
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On Nature
“People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the city’s walls.”
Heraclitus
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On Nature
“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
Heraclitus
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On Nature
“Eyes and ears are bad witnesses to men having barbarian souls.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“The way up and the way down are one and the same.”
Heraclitus
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On Nature
“Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“Immortals become mortals, mortals become immortals; they live in each other's death and die in each other's life.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“The sun is new again, all day”
Heraclitus
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On Nature
“The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
Heraclitus
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On Nature
“Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than dung.”
Heraclitus
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On Nature
“Thinking is common to all.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
“Let us not make arbitrary conjectures about the greatest matters.”
Heraclitus
,
On Nature
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