Close beside my knowledge lies my black ignorance.
Having a talent is not enough: one must also have your permission to have it--right, my friends?
Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself, is a slave.
We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.
[Heraclitus speaks as if] in entrancement ... but [also] truthfully.
You I advise not to work, but to fight. You I advise not to peace, but to victory. Let your work be a fight, let your peace be a victory!