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You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are constantly flowing on.


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You cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are continually flowing in.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
HERACLITUS Everything changes but change itself. Everything flows and nothing remains the same...You cannot ste...
HERACLITUS You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You cannot step into the same river twice.
HERACLITUS You cannot step into the same river twice
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You can't step twice into the same river.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS It is not possible to step twice into the same river
GREEK PROVERB 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 Life is a river," a wise friend told me. "It's flowing. You're never at the same place twice.
KAMAL RAVIKANT You can never enter the same river twice.
INDIAN PROVERB 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 No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same...
HERACLITUS Upon those who step into the same rivers different and ever different waters flow down.
Upon those who step into the same rivers different and ever different waters flow down.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You just cannot have the same thing twice without being disappointed.
VANN CHOW And further, observing that all this indeterminate substance is in motion, and that no true predicat...
ARISTOTLE Look how noble the world is, the lonely-flowing waters, the secret-keeping stones, the flowing sky.
ROBINSON JEFFERS We must not show to all and sundry the secrets of the waters flowing in ocean and river, or the devi...
FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The rive...
RICHARD ROHR Movements are like rivers. Dipping into them is never the same twice.
GLORIA STEINEM I saw a doghouse flowing down river.
GEORGE BOSTIC The thing about love is that you will never run out of it. It's an ever-flowing river. So go ahead a...
KAMAND KOJOURI Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowi...
VICTOR HUGO Witnessing is not flowing with the current of the river but observing the flow from the bank of the ...
AMIT RAY Sometimes the grass really IS greener on the other side and you're happier, until you step in shit a...
JOANNA MOJA Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's...
NORMAN MACLEAN Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world...
NORMAN FITZROY MACLEAN Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's...
NORMAN MACLEAN Do not turn me
into
restless waters

if you cannot promise
to be my stream...
SANOBER KHAN Augustus Waters was sitting on the front step as we pulled into the driveway. He was holding a bouqu...
JOHN GREEN The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where ...
EARTHA KITT Time is like a river. You can't touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will ne...
TIMI NADELA Don was well known on the river system for promoting the fishery and the health of the river and the...
BRIAN BRUSH Life's irony;The river you help de-stagnate today may be the same river that will be the only source...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) At the same time, what they discharged into the river was highly polluted.
DOROTHY HARTMAN People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and...
MICHAEL JACKSON The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher PHILIP K. DICK Similar souls wander in the similar places! They may not know each other, but often they touch the s...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN And have you been to Borderland? Its country lies on either hand Beyond the river I-forget. ...
HERMAN KNICKERBOCKER VIELE Unauthorized filling of wetlands and damming of open waters can have serious environmental consequen...
ALEXIS STRAUSS Although we are all on earth through the same route,we are not on earth for the same purpose,we are ...
ONIOSUN TEMIDAYO ISAIAH The best thing is the surroundings. You're in the middle of the forest and you have a river flowing ...
ALVIN ANDERSON The river is flowing very fast, and it's very, very muddy. It looks like milk chocolate.
DEBBIE BECK All this could be prevented by just keeping the river just flowing like it should be.
GLEN KEO [What's more, a raft of big players is poised to encroach on Vonage's turf. Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) , M...
MITCH MITCHELL Never cry for the same person twice.
MANOJ VAZ I think there's more pressure on the kids who keep beating the same kid. The other guy has nothing t...
DAN HAHN At the same time, this creates opportunities for other players in the squad to step forward.
EDDIE O'SULLIVAN Feelings are waters flowing in chain from soul to soul – do you know the shape of the Universe? Ne...
MARIANA FULGER With rope-ladders learned I to reach many a window, with nimble legs did I climb high masts: to sit ...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.
THOMAS S. MONSON Don't let the same dog bite you twice
CHUCK BERRY To see these power lines right next to you as you paddle down the river, you might think twice about...
BILL DOUGLASS I got a call from a neighbor who said there was a milky plume flowing down the river.
KAREN WAGNER When actors are vying for the same kinds of roles, there's bound to be a little rivalry. Deep fr...
JUHI CHAWLA Don't let the same dog bite you twice.
CHUCK BERRY I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.
H.L. MENCKEN The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out i...
HERBERT HOOVER Nothing endures but change. -Heraclitus.
HERACLITUS There are strong opportunities to be found in both Bulgaria and Croatia. You get twice the size of t...
TOBIAS JUST When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.
MARIE DE SEVIGNE You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Things outside you are projections of what's inside you, and what's inside you is a projection of wh...
HARUKI MURAKAMI It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to s...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE I constantly listen to the universe, and I advise all other artists to do the same.
TED LANGE We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just ...
MAYA ANGELOU Ottes die for anything, but while I was in there," she nodded at the gently flowing river, "I felt f...
RAY ANYASI He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
BIBLE Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, the...
JOSE SARAMAGO There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or...
JENNIFER E. SMITH The Capital river is frozen, but we can unthaw it. Bring private capital together with private enter...
THOMAS J. POWELL If you do not have brains you follow the same route twice.
GREEK PROVERB While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river; only the landscape on eith...
MAX MULLER When a film works, the director had a lot to do with that, but the director also didn't have a l...
MIKE MILLS Young people cannot contribute to the betterment of society if they are constantly focusing on how t...
ERALDO BANOVAC Sometimes our work as caregivers is not for the faint of heart. But, you will never know what you ar...
DEBORAH A. BEASLEY There is nothing permanent except change. -Heraclitus.
HERACLITUS I did go into the Amazonian region of Brazil. They have prehistoric river fish that weigh in at arou...
ANTHONY BOURDAIN No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
DECIMUS LABERIUS An experienced loner does not fall for the same trick twice.
WATARU WATARI That could be good for us. There's going to be other teams who are going to do the same thing. We're...
BARY JUDD The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice.
FRANK MCCOURT If you cannot deliver on loyalty, faith, trust, forgiveness, honesty, understanding, love, gratitude...
MUHAMMED HAIDER They fell into the bay or river, depending on how you look at it; no one cared.
WILLIAM MILLER The river seeking for the seaConfronts the dam and precipice,Yet knows it cannot fail or miss;You wi...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX When we go through unpredictable waters we are always in advantage, because many people cannot swim
JAN JANSEN EASY BRANCHES We are the sum total of our experiences. Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make...
B.J. NEBLETT What will make you a star is in you
SOTONYE ANGA When we step in the name of love, we cannot rhyme if we don't have the same RHYTHM, and we cannot ha...
OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI Memphis is a big city. You never see the same people twice.
DEANGELO WILLIAMS All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This princi...
HERACLITUS There's a lot of capital flowing into 'information-age' companies. These are 25 companies that are l...
WILLIAM ADAMS You cannot imagine how great it is to step out on the stage with thousands of screaming fans loving ...
EDDIE CIBRIAN A misfit is like the round peg that cannot fit into the square hole or the running river that just c...
PEARL ZHU While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly fee...
FRANKLIN ADAMS

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is hard at work and helps
make something of the world.
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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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the name of justice
would mean what?
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to keep their law
as to defend the citys walls.
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HERACLITUS One thunderbolt strikes
root through everything
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HERACLITUS Applicants for wisdom
do what I have done:
inquire within
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HERACLITUS Give me one man
from among ten thousand
if he is the best
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HERACLITUS Always having what we want
may not be the best good fortune
Health seems sweetest
aft...
HERACLITUS Many who have learned
from Hesiod the countless names
of gods and monsters
never unde...
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therefore, to cringe
at every syllable
of wisdom.
HERACLITUS The Aeon is a child at play with colored balls.

(translation/paraphrase: Terence McKenna)
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who wanted no conflict
among us, gods
or people.
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You can't step twice into the same river.
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS The road uphill and the road downhill are one and the same
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Much learning does not teach understanding.
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS We circle in the night and we are devoured by fire
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS The road up and the road down is one and the same.
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are continually flowing in.
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS The way up and the way down are one and the same
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Character is destiny.
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You cannot step into the same river twice
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