Heraclitus
Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesuswas a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. 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. From the lonely life he led, and still more from the apparently riddled and allegedly paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the needless unconsciousness of humankind, he was called "The Obscure"...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
men wish world
Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
lying justice ethics
Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
wisdom judgment know-how
Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.
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The way up and the way down are one and the same.
change character fate
A man's character is his fate.
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Day by day, what you do is who you become.
Nature is wont to hide herself
dog ignorance bark
Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know.
wise wisdom men
Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
years voice mouths
The Sibyl, with frenzied mouth uttering things not to be laughed at, unadorned and unperfumed, yet reaches to a thousand years with her voice by aid of the god.
peace harmony discord
Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
cutting doctors sick
Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.
children men sea
History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the world.
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Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.