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Heraclitus

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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.


— Heraclitus


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A man's character is his fate.


— Heraclitus


#fate #his #man

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.


— Heraclitus


#eyes #people #poor #souls #witnesses

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.


— Heraclitus


#child #himself #man #most #nearly

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.


— Heraclitus


#fire #more #quenched #than #violence

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.


— Heraclitus


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Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.


— Heraclitus


#details #know #learn #men #must

You cannot step into the same river twice.


— Heraclitus


#into #river #same #step #twice

Much learning does not teach understanding.


— Heraclitus


#learning #much #teach #understanding

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


— Heraclitus


#carry #chain #heavy #sometimes #takes






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Did you know about Heraclitus?

535 – c. Heraclitus is famous for his insistence on ever-present change in the universe as stated in the famous saying "No man ever steps in the same river twice" (see panta rhei below). He was of distinguiHeraclitusd parentage.

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