Pythagoras Quotes
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Time is the soul of this world.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.
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The earth affords a lavish supply of richess of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass.
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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
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So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.
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So tutor youth that the sins of age be not imputed to thee.
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If men with fleshly mortals must be fed, and chew with bleeding teeth the breathing bread; what else is this but to devour our guests, and barbarously renew Cyclopean feasts? While Earth not only can your needs supply, but, lavish of her store, provides for luxury; a guiltless feast administers with ease, and without blood is prodigal to please.
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Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.
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You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles.
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Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
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Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.
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Music is the harmonization of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements
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Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
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God built the universe on numbers.
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Meditate upon my counsels; love them; follow them; To the divine virtues will they know how to lead thee. I swear it by the One who in our hearts engraved The sacred Tetrad , symbol immense and pure, Source of Nature and model of the Gods.
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Above all have respect for yourself.
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Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice.
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Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?
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Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.