If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
PYTHAGORASSilence is better than unmeaning words.
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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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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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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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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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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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Above all things, respect yourself.
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