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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.

Pythagoras

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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Choas Creation Darkness Light Man Principle Woman
We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.
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Behaviour Enemy Friendship Time
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Action Anger Speech
The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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Decision Inspirational Requirement Thought
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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Adversity Calm Cold Darkness Death Depth Hard Height Life Light Prosperity Rough Smooth Soft Solid
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Fit Freedom Law Men Necessary Rule
Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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Deep Parents Philosophy Pure Salt Sea Sun
Above all things, respect yourself.
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One Liner Self Love Self Respect Yourself
As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
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Animal Destroy Each Other Health Kill Live Peace
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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Broken Heart Eyes Heart Hope Injury Patience Remedy Soul Suffering Wound
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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Cloud Mind Passion Reason Strength
If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
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Silence Stone Temple Wisdom
The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.
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Alone Animal Division Intelligence Man Passion Possess Reason Soul
Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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Anger Beginning Ending
Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
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Change Die Life Perish Soul
Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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Necessity Neighbor Power

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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