He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
PYTHAGORASDeclining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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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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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
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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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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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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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You should make great things, not promising great things.
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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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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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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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