“The parched earth loves the rain,

And the high heaven, with moisture laden, loves

Earthwards to fall.”

“The parched earth loves the rain, And the high heaven, with moisture laden, loves Earthwards to fall.”

Heraclitus also says, “Opposites fit together,” and “Out of discordant elements comes the fairest harmony,” and “It is by battle that all things come into the world.” Others, and notably Empedocles, take the opposite view, and say that like desires like.