Everything flows and nothing stays.
Πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει.
Plato, Cratylus 402a (Socrates reporting Heraclitus)
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It is the thunderbolt that steers the course of all things.
Τὰ δὲ πάντα οἰακίζει κεραυνός
Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies 9.10.7
All things move and nothing remains still.
Πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει
Plato, Cratylus 402a
He was nobody’s pupil, but he declared that he inquired of himself, and learned everything from himself.
Ἤκουσέ τʼ οὐδενός, ἀλλʼ αὑτὸν ἔφη διζήσασθαι καὶ μαθεῖν πάντα παρʼ ἑαυτοῦ.
DL 9.5
From all things comes one, and from one all things.
Ἐκ πάντων ἓν καὶ ἐξ ἑνὸς πάντα.
[Aristotle], On the Cosmos 5, 396b
The sun will not overstep his measures.
Ἥλιος γὰρ οὐχ ὑπερβήσεται τὰ μέτρα
Plutarch, On Exile 11, 604a
Nature loves to hide.
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ.
Fragment B123 Diels
Character for a man is destiny.
ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων.
Plutarch, Platonic Questions 1, 999e
Time is a child playing draughts, the kingly power is a child's.
Αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεττεύων· παιδὸς ἡ βασιληίη.
Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies 9.9.4
You could not discover the limits of the soul, even if you travelled every road.
Ψυχῆς πείρατα ἰὼν οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροιο, πᾶσαν ἐπιπορευόμενος ὁδόν
DL 9.7