A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
PYTHAGORASAbove all things, reverence yourself.
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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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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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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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Virtue is harmony.
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Number rules the universe.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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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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Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
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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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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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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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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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