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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.


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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
HERACLITUS No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS It is not possible to step twice into the same river
GREEK PROVERB You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
HERACLITUS You can't step twice into the same river.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You cannot step into the same river twice.
HERACLITUS You can never enter the same river twice.
INDIAN PROVERB You cannot step into the same river twice
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever...
HERODOTUS There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone...
MARINA IVANOVA TSVETAEVA There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone...
MARINA TSVETAEVA You cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are continually flowing in.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Everything changes but change itself. Everything flows and nothing remains the same...You cannot ste...
HERACLITUS You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are constantly flowing on.
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is hard at work and helps
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is the greatest virtue.
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the truth and act
i...
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(ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ...
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as to defend the citys walls.
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HERACLITUS One thunderbolt strikes
root through everything
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inquire within
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if he is the best
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Health seems sweetest
aft...
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never unde...
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at every syllable
of wisdom.
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