Heraclitus of Ephesus

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Biography : Ancient Greek, pre-Socratic, Ionian philosopher. Heraclitus was born at Ephesus. He is best known for his philosophy of perpetual change, captured in the idea that everything flows and nothing remains the same. Obscure yet brilliant, he left fragments in which fire, conflict, and movement reveal the hidden order of things.
Born: -544 - Died: -480
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Turkey
Turkey

Turkey

Heraclitus of Ephesus - Quotes

The sun is new each day.
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The sun is new each day.

The way up and down is one and the same.
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way

The way up and down is one and the same.

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From things that differ comes the most beautiful harmony.
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harmony

Education is another sun to those who are educated.
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Nature is wont to hide herself.
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You could not step twice into the same river.
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You could not step twice into the same river.

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I went in search of myself.
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oneself

Dogs bark at those they don't know.
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The people should fight for their law as for their city wall.
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law

Change alone is unchanging.
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change

Although logos is common to all, most people live as if they had a wisdom of their own.
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Cold things warm up, the hot cools off, wet becomes dry, dry becomes wet.
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If all things were turned to smoke, the nostrils would distinguish them.
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The shortest way to fame is to become good.
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The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
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Asses would rather have straw than gold.
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The waking have one common world, but the sleeping turn aside each into a world of his own.
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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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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.
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The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.
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Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
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happiness

Much learning does not teach understanding.
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