As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
PYTHAGORASEducate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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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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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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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 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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Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
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Number rules the universe.
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A thought is an idea in transit.
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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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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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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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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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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 go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
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Friends share all things.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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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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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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