Pythagoras Quotes
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Abstain from animals.
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You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.
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Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.
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He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.
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Don't eat your heart.
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Repect yourself... The rest will follow.
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You should make great things, not promising great things.
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But respect yourself most of all.
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Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
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Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.
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Number rules the universe.
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Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.
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Know that death comes to everyone, and that wealth will sometimes be acquired, sometimes lost. Whatever griefs mortals suffer by divine chance, whatever destiny you have, endure it and do not complain. But it is right to improve it as much as you can, and remember this: Fate does not give very many of these griefs to good people.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers , and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits.
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Number was the substance of all things.
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None but God is wise.
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Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.
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Lust weakens both body and mind.