Random Quotes
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There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
All is flux, nothing stays still.Heraclitus, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Nothing endures but change.Heraclitus, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Nature is wont to hide herself.Heraclitus, On the Universe
Much learning does not teach understanding.Heraclitus, On the Universe
You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.Heraclitus, On the Universe
The road up and the road down is one and the same.Heraclitus, On the Universe
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.Robert Southey
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.Heraclitus, On the Universe