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*What is wise is one thing, to understand rightly how all things are steered through all.  -Heraclitus DK fr. 41.
 
*What is wise is one thing, to understand rightly how all things are steered through all.  -Heraclitus DK fr. 41.
 
*Wisdom is to speak the truth and to act according to nature, with understanding' -Heraclitus fr. 112.
 
*Wisdom is to speak the truth and to act according to nature, with understanding' -Heraclitus fr. 112.
*All men suppose what is called wisdom to deal with the first causes and the principles of things.
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*All men suppose what is called wisdom to deal with the first causes and the principles of things. Aristotle, Metaphysics 981b27

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  • Wisdom is like a book you can't quite read.
  • The grass is never greener on the other side.
  • A penny saved is a penny earned.
  • Don't worry, be happy.
  • We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
  • What is wise is one thing, to understand rightly how all things are steered through all. -Heraclitus DK fr. 41.
  • Wisdom is to speak the truth and to act according to nature, with understanding' -Heraclitus fr. 112.
  • All men suppose what is called wisdom to deal with the first causes and the principles of things. Aristotle, Metaphysics 981b27