Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
PYTHAGORASDo not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.
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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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There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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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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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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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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