In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
PYTHAGORASAbove the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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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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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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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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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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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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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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Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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