Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
PYTHAGORASIf 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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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Number rules the universe.
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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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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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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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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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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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Virtue is harmony.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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You should make great things, not promising great things.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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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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