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.
PYTHAGORASKnow thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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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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Number rules the universe.
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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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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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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 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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Above all things, respect yourself.
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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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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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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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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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