It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. - Heraclitus

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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. - Heraclitus

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Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire. - Heraclitus

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Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things. - Heraclitus

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Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony. - Heraclitus

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Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe. - Heraclitus

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A man's character is his guardian divinity. - Heraclitus

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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. - Heraclitus

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If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail. - Heraclitus

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

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