"Those unmindful when they hear, for all they make of their intelligence, may be regarded as the walking dead."
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"May you have plenty of wealth, you men of Ephesus, in order that you may be punished for your evil ways"
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"War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free."
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"The gods are immortal men, and men are mortal gods."
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"The results are in great need greater ambition."
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"Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire"
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"All things are in a state of flux."
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"Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all."
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"The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds."
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"The opposite is beneficial; from things that differ comes the fairest attunement; all things are born through strife."
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"The path up and down is one and the same."
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"Nature is accustomed to hide itself."
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"Man, like a light in the night, is kindled and put out."
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"Much learning does not teach sense."
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"It is wise to agree that all things are one."
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"And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep."
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"Invisible harmony is better than visible."
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"It is better to conceal ignorance than to expose it."
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"For those who are awake, the Cosmos is One."
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"What we have caught and what we have killed we have left behind, but what has escaped us we bring with us."
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