Heraclitus Quotes

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

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• Much learning does not teach understanding.

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

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• Character is destiny.

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• Change alone is unchanging.

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

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

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• You cannot step into the same river twice.

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

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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.

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• There is nothing permanent except change.

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

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• The sun is new each day.

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• The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.

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

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

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• Nothing endures but change.

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• No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

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

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• Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.

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Heraclitus (57)

Birth:	535 BC
Death:	475 BC
Nationality:	Greek
Profession:	Philosopher

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Heraclitus of Ephesus was born in Ephesus, Ionia, Turkey. He was a Greek philosopher. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. He was famous for his insistence on ever-present change as being the fundamental essence of the universe, as stated in the famous saying, "No man ever steps in the same river twice".

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