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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in.
Heraclitus
All is flux; nothing stays still.
Heraclitus
“Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.”
Heraclitus
What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.
Heraclitus
Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.
Heraclitus
