The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
PYTHAGORASDo not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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Friends share all things.
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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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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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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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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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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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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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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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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