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Things Quotes by Heraclitus

8 Things quotes by Heraclitus

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Heraclitus presents eight terse, paradoxical thoughts about the ever‑changing nature of things. Even in brief form, his fragments echo the idea that constant flux is the only constant.

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War is the father of all things.

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It is wise to agree that all things are one.

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All things flow, nothing abides.

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All things are in a state of flux.

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It is in changing that things find purpose.

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All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.

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The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.

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Things keep their secrets.

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Learning many things does not teach understanding

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Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know.

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The fairest harmony springs from discord.

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“One man is worth thousand if he is extraordinary”

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Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.

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Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead.

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Everything is in flux.

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The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.

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Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.

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We do not step in the same river twice, for the waters have moved on and we too have changed.

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War is the father of all things.

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The fairest order in the world is a heap of random sweepings.

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The seeing have the world in common.

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All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation.

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Those who love wisdom must investigate many things

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