Pythagoras Quotes
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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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Time is the soul of this world.
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Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.
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Instruct thyself for time and patience favor all.
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Step not beyond the beam of the balance.
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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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When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.
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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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Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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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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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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So tutor youth that the sins of age be not imputed to thee.
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Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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Above all have respect for yourself.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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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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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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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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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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Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice.
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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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Beans have a soul.