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A man's character is his fate. — Heraclitus

Presocratic fragment · Fragment · Philosophical literature

A man's character is his fate.

In the original Greek

ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων

Heraclitus
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Provenance
Current citation
Heraclitus. Fragments, translated by Brooks Haxton. Penguin Classics, 2003.
Original citation
Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B119.

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