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Classical antiquity20 quotes
Know thyself. — ThalesOne cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on. — HeraclitusIf cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — XenophanesThe animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not. — Democritus · 370 BCFriends share all things. — PythagorasA man's character is his fate. — HeraclitusAll 20 quotes →