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You cannot step into the same river twice. ~Heraclitus, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives

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[T]hings are entirely what they appear to be and behind them… there is nothing. ~Jean Paul Sartre, Nausea

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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation. ~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illnesses. ~Jean Baptiste Molière, Le Malade Imaginaire

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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ~James Thurber

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The map is not the territory. ~Alfred Korzybski

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The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. ~Robert M. Pirsig

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If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am? ~John Lancaster Spalding

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The fly that doesn’t want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter. ~G.C. Lichtenberg

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When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illnesses. ~Jean Baptiste Molière, Le Malade Imaginaire

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Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death. ~Heraclitus, Eustathius ad Iliad

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The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. ~Edward R. Murrow

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Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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You can see a lot by just looking. ~Yogi Berra, also often quoted as “You can observe a lot by just looking.” (original wording as yet unverified)

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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. ~Hippocrates, Aphorisms

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A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top. ~Author Unknown

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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. ~Aesop

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Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. ~Dr Seuss

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Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ~Andre Gide