There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
PYTHAGORASThe 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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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
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Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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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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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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