Quote #36

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

More from Heraclitus

  1. One must talk about everything according to its nature, how it comes to be and how it grows. Men have talked about the world without paying…
  2. Poor witnesses for men are their eyes and ears if they have barbarian souls.
  3. One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.
  4. The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
  5. No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
  6. The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
  7. Men who are lovers of wisdom must be inquirers into many things.
  8. The Lord whose oracle is at Delphi neither reveals nor conceals, but gives a sign.

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