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Heraclitus Quotes


Much learning does not teach understanding.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

Nothing endures but change.

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

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

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

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.

The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

The sun is new each day.

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

There is nothing permanent except change.

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.