"Of all whose words I have heard,..." - Quote by Heraclitus
Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all.
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“The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.”
“Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.”
“This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures.”
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“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.”
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“Normally, the sciences distance themselves from life and the return to it via a detour.”