He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
PYTHAGORASIn anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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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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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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You should make great things, not promising great things.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
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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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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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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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If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
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Friends share all things.
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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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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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A thought is an idea in transit.
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