A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
PYTHAGORASDo not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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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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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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Above all things, respect yourself.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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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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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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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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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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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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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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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
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