Pythagoras Quotes
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Above all things, respect yourself.
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Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice.
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A thought is an idea in transit.
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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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Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.
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Do not despise anyone: an atom shadowing.
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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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Time is the soul of this world.
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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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Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.
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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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Neither will the horse be adjudged to be generous, that is sumptuously adorned, but the horse whose nature is illustrious; nor is the man worthy who possesses great wealth, but he whose soul is generous.
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So tutor youth that the sins of age be not imputed to thee.
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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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God built the universe on numbers.
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Instruct thyself for time and patience favor all.
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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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Music is the harmonization of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements
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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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Number is the within of all things.
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Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
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Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul.
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Let exercise alternate with rest.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.